ASEAN and the Growth of Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asia by, Rodolfo C. Severino, Jr,
World Affairs (WA): How and in what circumstances was ASEAN established? What, in your view, were the principal economic and political factors that led the five Southeast Asian nations to join hands in 1967? Rodolfo C Severino (RCS): ASEAN was established in 1967 by five countries - Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Singapore. Except for [...]