Hybrid seminar
ASEAN Studies Center
Date: 27 January 2026
Location: ISEAS Seminar Room 2/webinar
Time (GMT+8): 10AM-12PM
About the Seminar
Small states can and have played an outsized role in shaping ASEAN’s trajectory, often serving as the organisation’s stabilising anchors during moments of regional uncertainty. Despite differing levels of resources, capacity and political orientation, countries such as Cambodia, Laos and Singapore have repeatedly demonstrated that effective leadership in ASEAN lies not in size, but in strategic foresight, diplomatic agility, and the ability to forge consensus. Cambodia’s chairmanship in 2022 illustrates how small states can refine their leadership approaches over time, balancing domestic priorities with regional expectations, upholding the principles of international law and exercising diplomatic agility amid competing major-power pressures.
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