Taking stock of US-ASEAN relations
as Biden convenes a special summit
May 11, 2022
Jonathan Stromseth
This week, eight Southeast Asian leaders descend on Washington for a special summit hosted by President Joe Biden. They represent most of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a diverse grouping ranging from the city state of Singapore to the sprawling archipelago of Indonesia. Taken together, ASEAN’s 10 countries boast a population of over 680 million ― more than Latin America, the Middle East, or the European Union ― forming the fifth largest economy in the world with a GDP of $3.2 trillion.
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