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Article: SOUTHEAST ASIA: ASEAN EARNS SPURS AS INTERNATIONAL PLAYER
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- August 2, 1995
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Inter Press Service English News Wire
08-02-1995
Analysis by Johanna Son
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Aug. 2 (IPS) -- The whirl of activity
surrounding the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
meetings here shows the group is fast earning its spurs as a major
international player.
From a small defensive circle of non-communist countries formed
in 1967, ASEAN has matured into a key player in Southeast Asia and
a budding bloc in the wider Asia-Pacific area.
Indeed, ASEAN has weathered near-ruptures in ties between
members and Cold War rivalries to become Southeast Asia's main
diplomatic grouping, despite different political cultures and at
times rival economic interests.
ASEAN's early ...