By Mehmet Enes Beşer People often call ASEAN the “central” player in the region — a forum that helps Southeast Asia avoid getting caught up in the games of bigger powers. But behind the rituals of summit diplomacy, one problem keeps coming back, and ASEAN has never really cracked it: leadership. Not charismatic, personality-driven leadership, but the sort that can ...
Only Bold Leadership Can Save It By Mehmet Enes Beşer ASEAN has, now for over two decades, been a balm of East Asian diplomacy—a convenor of regional gatherings, a guarantor of neutrality, and a symbol of collective muscle for small and medium powers. Its “centrality” dogma has come to pass from rhetoric; it has been an integral part of the ...
By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein * On Sunday, October 16, the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will begin in Beijing, a summit event that will chart the course for the next 5 years of life of the great Asian country. The 2,296 delegates will discuss the implementation of the common prosperity policy, which means that once the ...