Dr. Zhou Shixin is a research fellow of Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies. His current research fields are Southeast Asia studies and China's foreign policy.
At the second US-ASEAN summit to be held tomorrow in New York, both sides will discuss various issues, including US-ASEAN bilateral relations, regional cooperation and the South China Sea dispute.
As the only official multilateral security dialogue in the Asia-Pacific region, ASEAN Regional Forum discussed many sensitive and tough international and regional issues.
The 16th ASEAN Summit passed a Chairman's Statement, encouraging Russia and the US to deepen their engagement in an evolving regional architecture, including a potential involvement with the East Asia Summit (EAS).
No country can dominate world affairs alone now; but major powers representing various national interests will be able to reach agreements of universal approval.
After leaving the Six-party nuclear talks, exploding an underground nuclear device and carrying out short-range missile tests, the North Korea began to follow a contradictory policy in its efforts to improve its regional and international security position. It softened its stance towards other countries, while simultaneously continuing its efforts to weaponize plutonium.