Continued failure to address the South China Sea issue is not only a short term failure – it now represents a significant and ongoing risk to ASEAN’s health. The regional organisation should seek treatment, and stat, declares Mathew Davies
Ruji Auethavornpipat, ‘Explaining the Lack of Change in Southeast Asia: The Practice of Migrant Worker Rights in the “ASEAN Migration Field” ’, International Journal of Migration and Bord
The US Navy participated in joint exercises with the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) last week, following months of tensions in the region.
Ambassador Ma Hellen De La Vega is a career officer of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs.
In the Home Office, she served in various capacities, including as the Executive Director of the Office of Asia and Pacific (ASPAC) from August 2007 to September 2008; Senior Special Assistant to the Undersecretary for Policy from March 2014 to November 2015. During this period, she also served as the Philippine Representative to the ASEAN High Level Task Force that drafted the ASEAN Vision 2025.
Maria Tanyag, ‘Bridging the Protection Gap: Rethinking the “Three Pillars” to Eliminate Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in ASEAN’, in Charles T. Hunt and Noel M.