China’s Slowdown Casts Its Shadow over ASEAN and Other Papers

China’s Slowdown Casts Its Shadow over ASEAN

This week, Knowledge@Wharton launches a new ASEAN regional section in recognition of the growing global importance of those countries composing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam).

As part of this ongoing regional coverage, we are pleased to offer our readers the following special report, which explores how China’s slowing economy will impact ASEAN, the regional prospects of climate change, as well as what lessons ASEAN could learn from the European Union. You can read the entire report here, or choose from the stories below.

FINANCE Has the China-ASEAN Affair Come to an End? Double-digit growth in China bolstered the ASEAN economies for more than two decades, but the party days could be over. READ MORE

FINANCE Three Misunderstandings of China-ASEAN Economic Relations In this opinion piece, Malcolm Cook, a senior fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore, explores — and explodes — three myths about the ASEAN countries’ relationships with China, the U.S. and one another. READ MORE

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PUBLIC POLICY Why China Will Find It Hard to Exercise Leverage Over the ASEAN Region John Lee, author of ‘Will China Fail?,’ believes that the ASEAN countries — with a couple of exceptions — could move closer to the U.S. to counter Chinese influence. READ MORE

PUBLIC POLICY How Will ASEAN Members Cope with Their Climate Change Challenge? In this opinion piece, Stephen Groff, the Asian Development Bank’s vice president for East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, argues that regional cooperation is the best way forward. READ MORE

PUBLIC POLICY What Lessons Can ASEAN Learn from the EU? Does the European Union (EU) offer any lessons to the ASEAN members as they explore closer economic integration? In this opinion piece, Rolf J. Langhammer, a professor at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, draws parallels between the two to explore that question. READ MORE