Centrality, A Cornerstone Of Asean Foreign Policy

Thomas Daniel, Senior Fellow, ISIS Malaysia

27-Feb-25 08:30

Centrality, A Cornerstone Of Asean Foreign Policy

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Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim recently attended the high level plenary session of the second Asean Future Forum where he emphasised that centrality needs to be earned. We speak to Thomas Daniel, Senior Fellow, ISIS as to whether Malaysia’s leadership in ASEAN can foster a new era of multilateral cooperation, and how could it change the region?

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Produced by: Tun Hizami Hashim, Aghilen Sankar

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Philip See

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Categories: politics, government, international, Law/Activism, culture, History/Heritage

Tags: asean, anwar ibrahim, ASEAN future forum, ASEAN chair, multilateral,

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