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View all search resultsLaos helms the regional bloc this year under the theme "Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience", through which ASEAN aims to tackle more complicated challenges within Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific while carving out a bigger niche on the global stage.
Knowing that they often lecture other nations, including Indonesia, on democracy and human rights, it should not be difficult for the Australians to follow the New Zealand’s way, even if it may look humiliating.
Now Indonesia chooses soft power diplomacy, using its role as the de-facto leader of ASEAN to push the admission of Timor-Leste into the regional grouping to ensure that all nations in Southeast Asia join the bloc.
China's increasing assertiveness in efforts to form security ties with developing countries in close proximity to Australia have raised alarm bells in Canberra, and a recent shakeup of Australia's defence has refocused on protecting its northern approaches.
Xanana has the right to express his frustration with the snail-paced progress ASEAN has achieved in dealing with the Myanmar junta, but there should be diplomatic channels to convey this rather than venting his anger in public.
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