The asean miracle: a catalyst for peace - Kishore Mahbubani

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• The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a miracle.
• In an era of growing cultural pessimism, there is a pervasive belief that different civilizations cannot function together.
• Yet the ten countries of ASEAN are a thriving counter-example of coexistence.
• Here, more than 625 million people live together in peace.
• In 1967, leaders from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand struck a landmark agreement, forming ASEAN.
• They had realized that political and economic cooperation would bring greater stability and prosperity to the region.
• Fifty years and five additional countries later, the alliance has remained one of the world's most successful collaborations.
• Kishore Mahbubani and Jeffery Sng explain how this partnership has benefited the ten member countries and why it should serve as a model for other regions of the world, challenging our assumptions about international cooperation.
• As the world turns to Asia and the United States and China jostle for dominance, the ASEAN region will have an undeniably powerful role in shaping our global systems.
• Mahbubani and Sng offer an important primer for understanding this immensely successful--and woefully underappreciated--regional organization.