Asean: Unity still elusive, 50 years on

Asean has unveiled increasingly ambitious policies over the last 50 years. Nonetheless meaningful progress is scarce while China looms larger as a divisive force

In the summer of 1967, the foreign ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand held a series of informal meetings in the beach resort of Bang Saen, near Bangkok.

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