Asean

What is ASEAN stand for?

Association of South East Asian Nations

ASEAN Emblem has 4 colorsWhite = Purity

Blue = PEACE and StabilityYellow = Prosperity

Red = Courage and Dynamic

The establish of ASEAN

• ASEAN declaration or BANGKOK declaration

• 8/8/1967 At Salang-rom Palace

• Gather together to against “Communist”

The establish of ASEAN cont.

• THAI representative is Mr. Thanat Khoman, The Minister of Foreign Affair

• ASEAN Secretariat is in Jakarta, IndonesiaSecretary-General of ASEAN is Mr. Surin

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Member of the ASEAN1. Indonesia2. Malaysia3. Philippines 19674. Singapore5. Thailand

Member of ASEAN [cont.]

6. Brunei 18847. Vietnam 19958. Laos 19979. Myanmar 199710.Cambodia 1999

ASEAN Community

• One Vision, One Identity, One Community

• Let us move ahead

ASEAN Community cont.

• For what? For assemble of the following thing => AEC (ASEAN Economic Community) => ASC (ASEAN Security Community) => ASCC (ASEAN Socio Culture Community)

, and it is great chance for high-skilled labor to move to ASEAN countries freely as ASEAN Citizen and about the inter-marriage.

Goal of ASEAN

Together as ten, We are stronger

• Promote regional peace and stability

• Accelerate the economic growth

• Social and Culture Progress

Political Objective: Peace and Stable

• Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (1967)

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– Provides mechanisms for pacific settlement of dispute

• Treaty of Nuclear Weapon Free-Zone 1995– Not allow develop, manufacture, acquire, possess.

Test or use Nuclear Weapon

Political Objective: Peace and StableASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)

• Confidence-building• Preventive Diplomacy• Conflict resolution

• Member: ASEAN and observer country (Mongolia and Papua), EU, US and Canada, China, Australia, Russia, New Zealand, Japan, India, and Korea.

• Trip* “Africa and Latin America is not member”

Objective: Economic Integration

• Free Trade Area (FTA): Eliminate or remove tariff barriers among the Southeast Asian countries

• Increase movement of people, labor, goods and capital among nation by making free flow of these above thing

Level/Stage of Economic Integration

1. Free Trade Area (FTA): Eliminate or remove tariff barriers among

2. Custom Union (CU) : FTA + have common trade-policy toward external member

3. Common Market (CM): CU + allow factors of production to move freely among member

Level/Stage of Economic Integration cont.

4. Economic Union (EU): CM+ require common Currency, monetary, and fiscal policy.> adopt of common internal economic policy, and external trade policy.

5. Political Union: Politic, economic, social & foreigner policy of member are coordinate.

External Relations: Inter-regionalcooperation

• ASEM: Asia Europe Meeting• APEC: Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation• EALAF: East Asia-Latin America Forum • ASEAN+3 : + Japan + China + South Korea• ASEAN+4: + India• ASEAN+6: + Australia + New Zealand• ASEAN+8: + Us + Russia

Noodle Bowl Effect

• The negative impact that many countries try to have bilateral FTA, even they are under the framework of ASEANex, – Tha> Jpn– Singapore > US– Malaysia > Jpn

SEA: A region of diversityPolitical System

• Constitutional monarchy: Cambodia• Parliamentary Republic: Singapore• Constitutional monarchy and Parliament

Democracy : Thailand and Malaysia• Military Dictatorship: Myanmar • Socialist Republic: Laos and Vietnam• Presidential system: Indonesia and Philippine• Absolute Islamic Sultanate: Brunei

SEA: A region of diversityGross Domestic Product

• Indonesia = 410.3 (highest)• Laos = 4 [lowest]• Thailand = 2nd

• GDP is highest, but it doesn’t mean you are the most rich,, Why?

GDP and Rich status are different!

SEA: A region of diversityGross Domestic Product

• GDP is highest, but it doesn’t mean you are the most rich,, Why?

• GDP is a gross income per a people. So, if there are very high population, but in fact citizen’s income are low. The status still will show up you are high GDP

SEA: A region of diversityGross Domestic Product

• If you want to know about the rich, you have look at about income and population together ,then compute and compare them

SEA: A region of diversityLiteracy

• Most is Brunei >>> 92.7• Lowest is Laos >>>68.7

• Thailand is 2nd

Attitudes and Awarenesstoward ASEAN

• Toward ASEAN as a whole– ASEAN enthusiasm: Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam– ASEAN ambivalence: Singapore– ASEAN skepticism: Myanmar

Attitudes and Awarenesstoward ASEAN cont.

• ASEAN citizenship; I feel I am a citizen of ASEAN– Strong: Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam– Least: Singapore and Maynmar

Attitudes and Awarenesstoward ASEAN cont.

• Similarity among ASEAN countries– Greatest sense of similarities: Vietnam, Laos,

Cambodia, and Indonesia– Least sense of similarities: Singapore, Brunei,

Myanmar, Malaysia

Attitudes and Awarenesstoward ASEAN cont.

• How familiar are you with ASEAN – Greatest sense of familiarity: Vietnam, Laos,

– Least sense of familiarity: Singapore, Brunei, Myanmar

Attitudes and Awarenesstoward ASEAN cont.

• Orientation toward travel and work– Travel: Singapore > Thailand > Malaysia > Vietnam– Work: Singapore > Malaysia > Brunei > Thailand

Attitudes and AwarenessAspiration for Integration and Action

1. Economic Cooperation2. Tourism3. Development Assistance4. Education Exchange5. Security and military Cooperation6. Sport7. Cultural Exchange8. Political Cooperation

Attitudes and AwarenessAspiration for Integration and Action cont.

• Most important of aspiration:– Poverty reduce– Education exchange and improvement– Science and Technology development

• Moderately important– Natural resources and Environmental

management• Low: Cultural Preservative or keep retaining

ACMECS

• Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Meakong Economic Cooperation Strategy

• 5 members: Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam

• Existing Condition & Constraints– Trade and investment– Transport

• To discuss how to manage Maekong and the riverside together which make highest profitibility by retaining of Surrounding

ACMECS Goals

• Bridge the gap among the four countries• Transfer the border areas into zone of

economic growth• Act as a catalyst to build upon existing

regional, complement bilateral framework, and move ASEAN forward

Thailand’s role in ACMECS

• As an Active member

• As a Development partners

• As a Business supporter

Thailand’s role in ACMECS

Thailand assist 7,792M.Bath for 16 project to develop neighbor.

It is Thai Fiscal!,,,, not ASEAN fiscal

GMS: Greater Maekong Subregion

• 6 members: China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam– Connective– Competitiveness– Community

Maekong Delta

• The ending of Mekong river at Vietnam before go out to South China Ocean

Nine dragon: when Mekong river meet the South China Sea, “it separate into 9 rivers”, called Nine dragon, at Mekong delta

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