IINA: ASEAN Summit Outcomes and Future Outlook: Issues in Regional and External Relations

By Tomotaka Shoji, Head, Asia-Africa Division, Regional Studies Department, National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

This short review will summarize the outcomes of these summits from ASEAN’s perspective, with particular attention to the ASEAN Summit, and examine the prospects for the regional body to play a larger international role. The topics covered here include Myanmar, ASEAN’s relations with the United States and India, Cambodia’s ASEAN chairmanship, and Timor-Leste’s accession to ASEAN.