Podcast Launch: ASEAN Centrality, US-China Competition and Minilateralism

Our inaugural ASEAN Wonk Podcast episode examines ASEAN centrality under challenge amid proliferating minilaterals, intensifying major power competition and flashpoint management stress across issues including the South China Sea disputes and the Myanmar crisis. The subject has come under scrutiny once again following the recent ASEAN meetings convened by Laos in July. For this inaugural episode, we were pleased to be joined by Professor Amitav Acharya, a distinguished professor and UNESCO chair at American University which houses the ASEAN Studies Initiative. We’re also pleased to be able to release this when ASEAN Day hits Southeast Asia — a day that commemorates the founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations after which this site is named, which occurred on August 8, 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand.For this and future ASEAN Wonk Podcast episodes, full video and audio podcasts, along with edited and sectioned transcripts as well as block quotes, will be a premium product for our paying subscribers, but we will include a short free transcript preview and a clip for all readers to maintain accessibility. Paying subscribers can find the rest of the full transcript and the full video podcast right below the paywall. If you have not already, do consider subscribing below by inserting your email and then selecting a monthly or annual option. And if you have already done so, do consider forwarding this to others who may be interested. Thank you for your support as always!To receive full ASEAN Wonk posts and support our work, consider a paid subscription for $5 a month/$50 a year and visit this page. Get full access to ASEAN Wonk at www.aseanwonk.com/subscribe