Realising the ASEAN Economic Community will require awareness and dialogue between the private sector and governments. What are CEOs concerned about? How are the champions of the AEC engaging with their stakeholders? In this section we ask academics, bureaucrats and business leaders to share their thoughts on how the business community can become more ASEAN ready.
In 2007 ASEAN began the journey to create an ASEAN Community by 2015. As ASEAN counts down to the deadline, CARI polls our respondants from various backgrounds to assess the progress made…
ASEAN is in dilemma. The ASEAN Economic Community has its fair share of supporters and sceptics; some view it as visionary, others as outdated. As the timeline draws nearer to 2015, the gaping levels of…
The Telegraph
By Surin Pitsuwan, the Secretary-General of the ASEAN