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International organization established by the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand in 1967 to accelerate regional economic growth, social progress, and cultural development and to promote peace and security in the region. Brunei became a member in 1984, Vietnam in 1995, Laos and Myanmar (Burma) in 1997, and Cambodia in 1999. ASEAN became a leading voice on regional trade and security issues in the 1990s; in 1992 member nations created the ASEAN Free Trade Area.
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1967 Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines formed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a non-provocative display of solidarity against communist expansion in Vietnam and insurgency within their own borders. Following the Bali summit of 1976, the organization embarked on a programme of economic cooperation, which foundered in the mid-1980s only to be revived around a 1991 Thai proposal for a regional free trade area.
— Charles Jones
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IN BRIEF: n. - An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism.
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