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ASEAN’s 2018 chair likely to bring more stability Available to Purchase

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https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB226041
Subject

Outlook for the ASEAN chairmanship in 2018.

Significance

Singapore has started chairing ASEAN for 2018 after the Philippines rotated the chair as planned at November's meetings. Manila’s 2017 chairmanship was unsteady at times, partly because Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte changed his foreign secretary mid-year. ASEAN’s slogan for 2018 is “Resilient and Innovative”.

Impacts

Singapore will seek to further implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community.

Counterterrorism will see more ASEAN cooperation, partly given southern Philippine concerns about Islamic State.

Singapore will push for greater ASEAN technological connectivity and cybercrime preparedness.

While negotiating the RCEP, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam will also eye agreeing an eleven-state Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Keywords:
ASEAN, AP, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, China, EU, India, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States, international relations, border conflict, ethnic, foreign investment, foreign policy, foreign trade, infrastructure, integration, judicial, military, regional, religion, security, shipbuilding, technology, terrorism, economy, industry
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