Amb. Pou Sothirak, Distinguished Senior Advisor to CCRS just published a chapter entitled “ASEAN Centrality Amidst Indo-Pacific’s Geostrategic Environment” in a Springer book on “The South China Sea: The Geo-political Epicenter of the Indo-Pacific?”. The chapter is adapted from his speech delivered during the 14th South China Sea International Conference on “Peaceful Sea – Solid Recovery” on 16-17 November 2022 in Da Nang, Vietnam.
The book chapter addresses ASEAN’s Relevance amidst fierce competition between the United States and China in the Indo-Pacific theatre and discusses how this rivalry continues to affect ASEAN’s relevance. The paper also examines implications born out of the United States and China’s relentless quest for dominance in the Indo-Pacific region and shares a set of recommendations to enhance ASEAN Centrality to safeguard the region of Southeast Asia from the unyielding influence of external powers. This book is openly accessible.
My book chapter is available to read and download is this link: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-981-97-8209-3_4
The whole book can be accessed at this link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-97-8209-3
