As tasked by the ASEAN Political‐Security Community (APSC) Council in November 2019, the ASEAN Coordinating Conference for Political‐Security Community (ASCCO), when it convened on 1 September 2020, undertook the Mid‐Term Review of the APSC Blueprint 2025. The review exercise is likewise stipulated in the APSC Blueprint 2025, which states that progress of implementation shall be reviewed mid‐way into the Blueprint’s term, in addition to the annual and biennial reviews undertaken.