Evan Garcia: Our Rosy View of the Future is Tinged by Growing Concern on Certain Regional Security Issues

... requires both actors and observers to constantly share views in order to better appreciate each other’s perspectives. Within this context one of the major changes, of course, has been the emergence of East Asia, Southeast Asia and particularly China as major poles of the global economy and global geopolitical setup. I would like to remind you that China’s ascent has coincided with ASEAN’s own emergence as an indispensible actor in regional security discussions. From a loose grouping of 5 countries in 1967 with a very limited purview, ASEAN has evolved into a respected and established association which has, in fact, become ...