Archive for July, 2010

from ASEAN Secretariat, 25 June 2010 In two days’ time, ten of ASEAN’s brightest scientific young researchers will experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet and learn from Nobel prize winners and fellow bright minds from around the globe. The ASEAN youths, together with more than 650 other young researches, will be attending the 60th Nobel [...]

by Soeung Sophat, VOA Khmer Washington, D.C Monday, 28 June 2010 “Because in the Asean way of doing things, a consensus must be reached and countries cannot interfere with each other’s internal affairs. This is what I believe is a major obstacle.” After years of effort by civil society, the establishment of the Asean Intergovernmental [...]

WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2010 14:25 By Tanvi Pate The ousting of Thaksin Shinawatra created new divisions in the Thai society which are beyond repair, and the recent two months extended crisis bears witness to this. Since international influence played a vital role in bringing about democracy in Thailand in 1992, inevitably it is interesting to [...]

June 18, 2010 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/opinion/asean-must-use-thai-crisis-to-rethink-noninterference/381299 The recent crisis in Thailand affected not only the country’s domestic politics but also shook the regional stability of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. During the Bangkok standoff last month, Indonesia called for Asean to push Thailand to settle the conflict peacefully, while Vietnam and Cambodia recommended establishing a summit [...]