ASEAN and the economic dimension of Asian security (Editors, East Asia Forum)

The role of ASEAN in underpinning Asian security is vastly underestimated. To the security hard-heads this may seem a peculiar claim, especially in Washington where ASEAN is often seen as some kind of wishy-washy construct which needs stiffening in its resolve against the rising economic and political power of China.

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/08/01/asean-and-the-economic-dimension-of-asian-security/