{"id":31375,"date":"2025-03-22T08:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T02:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31375"},"modified":"2025-04-16T11:27:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T05:57:49","slug":"asean-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/asean-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ASEAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>ASEAN Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The 14th ASEAN Defence Ministers\u2019 Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) Experts&#8217; Working Group on Counter-Terrorism (EWG on CT) was recently held in New Delhi.<\/p>\n<h2>About the Meeting<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Table-top counter-terrorism exercise<\/strong> to be held in <strong>Malaysia (2026)<\/strong> and a <strong>field training exercise<\/strong> in <strong>India (2027)<\/strong> under the <strong>ASEAN Defence Ministers\u2019 Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) Experts\u2019 Working Group on Counter-Terrorism (EWG on CT)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>India and Malaysia<\/strong> have assumed <strong>co-chairmanship of EWG on CT (2024-2027)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>European Union (EU) hosted a workshop in New Delhi<\/strong> on <strong>preventing and countering violent extremism<\/strong>, emphasising India-EU counterterrorism cooperation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is ASEAN?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)<\/strong> is a <strong>regional intergovernmental organisation<\/strong> aimed at <strong>political, economic, and security cooperation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Established<\/strong>: <strong>August 8, 1967<\/strong>, in <strong>Bangkok, Thailand<\/strong> with the signing of the <strong>ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration)<\/strong> by <strong>Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Motto<\/strong>: <i>&#8220;One Vision, One Identity, One Community.&#8221;<\/i><\/li>\n<li><strong>Headquarters<\/strong>: Jakarta, Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Member States (10 Nations)<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Founding Members (1967)<\/strong>: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Later Additions<\/strong>: Brunei (1984), Vietnam (1995), Laos &amp; Myanmar (1997), Cambodia (1999).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Economic &amp; Demographic Strength<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Total Population<\/strong>: <strong>662 million<\/strong> (2022).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Combined GDP<\/strong>: <strong>$3.2 trillion<\/strong> (2022).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Institutional Mechanism of ASEAN<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ASEAN Summit: <\/strong>Meets <strong>annually<\/strong> to discuss <strong>regional issues<\/strong> and set <strong>policy directions<\/strong>. Chaired by a <strong>rotating presidency<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC): <\/strong>Oversees <strong>implementation of ASEAN agreements and decisions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>ASEAN Secretariat: <\/strong>Supports and facilitates <strong>ASEAN\u2019s activities and initiatives<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF): <\/strong>Platform for <strong>dialogue on political and security issues<\/strong> among ASEAN members and their dialogue partners. <strong>India joined in 1996<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Decision-Making Process: <\/strong>Based on <strong>consultation and consensus<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>ASEAN-India Relations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>India became a Sectoral Dialogue Partner of ASEAN in 1992<\/strong> and a <strong>Full Dialogue Partner in 1996<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joined the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in 1996<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA)<\/strong> was signed in <strong>2009<\/strong> (Goods) and <strong>2014<\/strong> (Services &amp; Investments).<\/li>\n<li><strong>ASEAN-India Strategic Partnership<\/strong> was established in <strong>2012<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>India actively participates in ADMM-Plus<\/strong> (ASEAN Defence Ministers&#8217; Meeting-Plus).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>ASEAN Future Forum<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Proposed by<strong> Vietnam <\/strong>in 2023<strong> (43rd ASEAN Summit)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>A common platform for<strong> ASEAN member states and partners<\/strong> to <strong>share ideas and policy recommendations<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>India <\/strong>is a<strong> founding member<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>ASEAN FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1. <\/strong>What is ASEAN?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong> The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional intergovernmental organization formed to promote economic, political, and security cooperation among Southeast Asian countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2. <\/strong>When and where was ASEAN founded?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong> ASEAN was founded on August 8, 1967, in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the Bangkok Declaration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3. <\/strong>How many member countries are in ASEAN?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong> ASEAN has 10 member countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q4. <\/strong>Does India have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with ASEAN?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong> Yes, India and ASEAN signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Goods in 2009, which was expanded to Services and Investments in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/table-top-exercise-on-counter-terrorism-in-malaysia-field-training-exercise-in-india-part-of-asean-defence-ministers-plus-ct-cooperation\/article69358907.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASEAN is a regional bloc fostering economic, political, and security cooperation among Southeast Asian nations to promote stability and growth in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}