Australia’s new strategy on ASEAN
When Australia looks to the north, what does it see? Southeast Asia, of course. But the region is no longer the geographic landmass in its front yard comprised of 10 countries governed by political systems and cultural values different than its own.
[…]Hawke’s quick decision during his visit to Thailand in 1989 to fund the first bridge linking Thailand and Laos across the mighty lower Mekong River was considered one of the best foreign policy decisions with a low price tag that Canberra ever made.
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Kavi Chongkittavorn
