Analysis on Malaysia’s 2025 ASEAN Chairmanship

Executive summary In 2025 Malaysia assumed the ASEAN rotating chair at a geopolitically sensitive moment and delivered a busy, outcome-oriented stewardship that combined diplomatic crisis management, economic integration push-forwards, and symbolic enlargement of the bloc. Malaysia’s chairmanship emphasized “Inclusivity and Sustainability” and advanced three overlapping agendas: (1) conflict de-escalation and political stability; (2) concrete economic […]