OP ED – OPINION | ACADEMIA – Does ASEAN matter to the US? Does the US matter to ASEAN?
Thai Prime Minister (from left) Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, United States President Joe Biden, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Indonesian President Joko Widodo pose for pictures during the ASEAN-US Summit as part of the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits in Phnom Penh on Nov. 12, 2022. (AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)
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Endy Bayuni
The Jakarta Post
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United States President Joe Biden’s absence from the ASEAN Summit in Jakarta next week speaks volumes about how the current US administration sees Southeast Asia in its overall Indo-Pacific strategy.
ASEAN matters little, if at all, enough for Biden to skip the annual gathering, even though he will be in the neighborhood around that time.
Host Indonesia has made “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth” the tagline of its chairmanship of the group this year and this will culminate with a series of summits on Sep. 5-7, bringing together not only leaders of the 10 member states, but also of major powers including China, Japan, Korea, Australia and India.
Biden will be a conspicuous no-show.
The White House last week confirmed that Biden will not be attending the ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, but he will be going to the Group of 20 summit in New Delhi on Sept. 9-10. There is …
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