ASEAN INTEGRATION Flashcards
Association of Southeast Asian
Nations; a regional cooperation
in the Southeast Asia
ASEAN
establishment of formal
processes toward collaboration
for shared economic and
sociocultural goals
INTEGRATION
In the early 1960s, there was already an
emerging organization among Philippines,
Thailand, and Republic of Malaya in what
was called the
the Association of Southeast
Asia (ASA).
In 1963, another confederation was formed,
convened by then President Diosdado
Macapagal. This was referred ti as
MAPHILINDO (Great Malayan
Confederation), involving Malaysia,
Indonesia, and Philippines.
Communist
Influences
HUKBALAHAP
INDONESIAN COMMUNIST PARTY
Sarawak Communist Insurgency
what countries met in Bangkok to discuss a Southeast
Asian union where they they signed the
declaration of Bangkok on August 8.
Creating ASEAN.
In August 8, 1967, Malaysia, Indonesia,
Thailand, Philippines, and Singapore
A milestone in the journey toward ASEAN integration was the
development and adoption of the ASEAN Economic blueprint
(ASEAN Secretariat, 2008) to advance the vision of an ASEAN
Economic Community (AEC) The AEC has the following
characteristics:
Single market production
Competitive economic region
Equitable economic outcomes
Integration into the global economy
In 2017, a blueprint was adopted during the 27th ASEAN
Summit in Malaysia. The blueprint characterizes the ASEAN
community as follows (ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community
Blueprint, 2016, p. 4-20):
Empowering people
Inclusive
Sustainable
Resilient
Dynamic