China hosts foreign ministers from the 10 ASEAN countries with Beijing pushing for closer economic cooperation and aligning COVID-19 recovery efforts even as it looks to push back against the recent regional outreach of the Quad grouping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a regional organization that brings together disparate neighbors to address economic, security, and political issues, but the group\u2019s impact remains limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is an intergovernmental organization of ten Southeast Asian countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bloc\u2019s biggest success has been promoting economic integration among members. It also helped negotiate the RCEP agreement to create one of the world\u2019s largest free trade blocs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ASEAN has struggled to form a cohesive response to China\u2019s claims in the South China Sea, which conflict with those of several members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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