Jonathan T. Chow, Reed College

This panel explored the strategic role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), its member states and their increasingly complex relations with China. Dr. Leong Mun Yoon opened the panel by noting that ASEAN-China relations have improved dramatically since the Cold War?particularly during the 1990s and 2000s?as illustrated by a broad array of agreements between ASEAN and China, including the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement and China