“Small countries have to compensate for its size by having allies. ASEAN is a case in point where all these countries come together in order to be able to act as a bigger player, vis-à-vis regional big powers and global big powers,” says Ooi Kee Beng, Deputy Director of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

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