ASEAN

• ASEAN

  Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• ASEAN founding members

  • Thailand
  • Indonesia
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • Malaysia
• ASEANs to improve economic, political and social cooperation

  • During Cold War, wanted to contain the influence of communism in their region
• ASEAN later members

  • Vietnam
  • Laos
  • Myanmar
  • Cambodia
• Collapse of USSR, founding of WTO, financial crisis in Asia


  Prompted ASEAN members to deepen their relations and adapt to the new situation