To be or not to be: Australia into ASEAN?

Dedi Dinarto, Singapore - April 2018.

Dedi Dinarto, Singapore - April 2018. Source: Supplied

Dedi Dinarto, research associate in the Indonesian Program at RSIS, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore talks about Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s recent remark that it might be “a good idea” to include Australia as a member of ASEAN.


Was President Joko Widodo serious when he said that it might be “a good idea” to include Australia as a member of ASEAN?  How might other ASEAN members respond to such an idea?  What about Australia’s interests? Dedi Dinarto explores the feasibility of the Indonesian President’s suggestion.

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