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ASEAN


00:01:09 1 History
00:01:18 1.1 Founding
00:03:16 1.2 Expansion
00:03:54 1.3 Nascent Economic Cooperation
00:05:18 1.4 Nuclear Free ASEAN
00:05:58 1.5 The ASEAN Charter
00:07:38 2 The ASEAN Way
00:10:44 3 Structure
00:10:53 3.1 ASEAN Community 2015
00:14:06 3.2 Economic Community Blueprint
00:16:06 3.2.1 2020 ASEAN Banking Integration Framework
00:17:25 3.2.2 Roadmap for financial integration
00:22:55 3.2.3 Food security
00:24:23 3.3 Political-Security Community Blueprint
00:29:16 3.4 Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint
00:37:24 4 Economy
00:39:16 4.1 Internal market
00:42:14 4.2 Monetary union
00:44:38 4.3 Free trade
00:47:07 4.4 Tourism
00:49:21 5 Foreign relations
00:53:29 6 Environment
00:55:02 7 Education
00:59:19 8 Culture
00:59:55 8.1 Media
01:04:04 8.2 Music
01:04:52 8.3 Sports
01:05:14 9 Reception
01:09:01 9.1 Economic integration
01:13:16 9.2 Territorial disputes



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SUMMARY
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN AH-see-ahn, AH-zee-ahn) is a regional intergovernmental organization comprising ten Southeast Asian countries, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, military, educational, and sociocultural integration among its members and other Asian states. It also regularly engages other states in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Being a global powerhouse, the central union for cooperation in Asia-Pacific, and one of the world's most prominent and influential organisations, ASEAN maintains a global network of alliances and dialogue partners. It is involved in numerous international affairs, and hosts diplomatic missions throughout the world. It is a major partner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), developing cooperation model with the organisation for the peace, stability, development and sustainability of the Asian continent. It also serves as an international role model in seeking harmony and strength among diversity and differences, as well as a leading figure in global economy, trade, diplomacy and politics.