ASEAN is becoming increasingly important and adding to its strategic value as geopolitical tensions between the United States and China intensify, a seasoned Singaporean diplomat said recently."Both China and the U.S. see the value of using ASEAN for their own respective national interests," Ong Keng Yong, secretary general of ASEAN for five years from January 2003, told Kyodo News in an online interview.The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations finds itself between the two major powers as their rivalry intensifies and each ramps up diplomatic lobbying.The Biden administration, w…READ FULL ARTICLE
