With a constitutional monarchy and a democratic, Westminster-style parliamentary system of government, Malaysia has enjoyed many years of stability and growing prosperity since it achieved independence from Britain in 1957. The country is governed under a federal system, with many powers devolved to the state level. While it has inherited much...
What is the ASEAN Secretariat’s role following ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) integration?
During its time as chair of ASEAN in 2015, Malaysia helped to achieve its goal of launching the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by the start of 2016. The main challenge, long identified by economists and politicians, remains the vast difference in levels of development among the countries in the regional body, with Singapore enjoying GDP per...
What steps can be taken to ensure that current EU-ASEAN free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations do not end in another impasse?
On December 31, 2015 we formally declared the establishment of the ASEAN Community, marking the culmination of a decades-long effort to integrate, to cohere and to forge ahead together. It is a day that we have all been waiting for. It is a day that we – ASEAN – can be proud of: we have maintained the high ambitions we set for ourselves in the...
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