What Is the Asean Summit, the First Event on Trump’s Tour of Asia?

What is the Asean Summit, the first event on Trump’s tour of Asia?

Asean was formed in 1967 to promote regional stability and economic development. Read more at straitstimes.com.

What Is the ASEAN Summit, the First Event on Trump’s Tour of Asia?

For his first stop on a whirlwind tour of Asia, President Trump will visit Malaysia on Sunday to attend a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, an organization of growing global importance that represents nearly 700 million people. The association, known as ASEAN, comprises 10 member states in Southeast Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. On Sunday, it was …

What’s at stake in Trump’s Asean return

The deeper story lies in the impact on Washington’s Indo-Pacific ambitions, Asean's diplomatic balancing act, and Malaysia’s regional role.