MAY 15 — Malaysia will host the inaugural Asean-GCC-China Summit on May 26-27 2025—an event whose significance may well echo that of the 1955 Bandung Conference. Come September...
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But to achieve that level of impact, this summit must do more than produce joint declarations or glossy memorandums. It must redefine how the global economy is stabilised in an age of fragmentation and coercion. Together, they represent over 2.5 billion people, control some of the world’s most vital maritime choke points—the Strait of Malacca and the Strait of Hormuz, to name but two—and are deeply embedded in overlapping networks of energy, infrastructure, digital platforms, and manufacturing ecosystems.
Malaysia is hosting several key international meetings in 2025, including the Asean-GCC-China Summit in May and the Asia Zero Emissions Community in September. — Reuters pic Yet this vision cannot rest on economic logic alone. It must be politically willed. That is where the dynastic element of many participating states—so often derided in Western commentaries—becomes a hidden strength.
These include standing trade coordination councils, trilateral dispute resolution protocols, and joint emergency frameworks for future supply chain disruptions. For Asean, long prized for its centrality, this is a moment to prove that neutrality does not mean passivity, and that economic interdependence can be transformed into strategic agency.
Does it offer a digital code of conduct or a low-carbon economic blueprint that binds all three actors not unlike the inclusion of AZEC concurrently promoted by Japan?
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