ASEAN Chair 2025

As Malaysia takes the helm as ASEAN Chair in 2025, it steps into a leadership role for one of the world’s most dynamic regions. ASEAN is on track to become the fourth-largest economic bloc by 2030, but it faces immense challenges: from navigating an increasingly fragmented global order to advancing regional integration amid rising protectionism. Can Malaysia’s chairmanship make a lasting impact in just one year? And how can ASEAN strengthen its collective voice and economic clout in a polarised world? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with Datuk Professor Dr Mohd Faiz Abdullah, Chairperson of the Institute of Strategic & International Studies, better known as ISIS Malaysia.

There is high hope for Malaysia to lay out the foundation towards implementable action plans for this newer cohort of ASEAN leadership.

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For Malaysia, the forums included the East Asia Summit, the ASEAN Regional Forum and the ASEAN Defence Minister's Meeting (ADMM)-Plus.

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