Association of Southeast Asian Nations - Obama Presidency Oral History Association of Southeast Asian Nations Index / Organizations Transcripts William Burns ...as a whole, to deepening ties with the ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asia... ...to deepening ties with the ASEAN [ Association of Southeast Asian Nations ] countries in Southeast Asia t... ...in office, at East Asia Summits, at ASEAN meetings, at a range of othe... Mark Lippert ...efforts. We opened admission to ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asia... ...efforts. We opened admission to ASEAN [ Association of Southeast Asian Nations ]. We became full partners, I think... Martin Dempsey ...we found ourselves—and, by the way, ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asi... ...NATO, which is a very strong alliance. ASEAN is a very weak alliance that—I don'... ...that—I don't think it's possible to get ASEAN to assert itself against China, becaus... Kenneth Roth ...of China. It was falling behind it's ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asia... ...was falling behind it's ASEAN [ Association of Southeast Asian Nations ] neighbors in economic terms. Th... Harold Hongju Koh ...of the international organizations—like ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asia... ...organizations—like ASEAN [ Association of Southeast Asian Nations ], for example. The engagement alway... Jeremy Bash ...also trying to rally the countries of ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asia... ...to rally the countries of ASEAN [ Association of Southeast Asian Nations ], the countries of Southeast Asia, t... John Kerry ...of the countries in the region, with ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asia... ...countries in the region, with ASEAN [ Association of Southeast Asian Nations ], with APEC [Asia-Pacific Economi... Hillary Clinton ...also in Jakarta, the headquarters of ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asia... ...in Jakarta, the headquarters of ASEAN [ Association of Southeast Asian Nations ], the Southeast Asian organization... ...with them in Vietnam at the ASEAN meeting that was hosted there, and the... ...pursue with them. You also mentioned ASEAN . My understanding is, it comes out o... ...a permanent representative at ASEAN —why that regional representation an... ...at least up until a certain point. And ASEAN represented—I can't remember the exac... ...convinced that showing respect toward ASEAN —which, you know, it's just a... ...up a lot of good advice from talking to ASEAN countries. For example, the militar... ...to travel, and they were going to ASEAN nations. They were going to Thailand... ...was, “We know you've been traveling to ASEAN countries. We know that you participat... ...We know that you participate in ASEAN . Wouldn't it be a wonderful goal tha... ...goal that you'd be able to host your ASEAN counterparts in a developing Myanmar?... ...big Asian meetings. It might have been ASEAN . But we wanted to go to Cambodi... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Transition Transition go to the Elections and Campaigns Elections and Campaigns go to the Arts and Humanities Arts and Humanities go to the Immigration Immigration go to the Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa