Seeking a cooperative system that leads to Moderately Prosperous Southeast Asia through futuristic cross-border collaboration in the region.

Southeast Asian Cooperative Organization

The world is a state-centered system composed of nations. Therefore, cooperation among nations is essential for coexistence and co-prosperity. However, the world has yet to break the current excessive pursuit of national interests. Unlike countries that maintain social order through laws and institutions, the world lacks such a system, resulting the power princile dominated by a few powerful countries. The aim for a 'globalized society' has failed to overcome these obstacles.

Southeast Asia, which seeks regional cooperation, has different political systems and historical conflicts among its countries due to diverse historical and cultural backgrounds. The South East Asian Cooperation, which will be the cornerstone of the global community, can achieve cooperation among countries by overcoming these conflicting elements and establshing common goals. Cooperation and coexistence becomes possible through the vision of “Moderately Prosperous Society of Southeast Asia”.

The Southeast Asian Cooperation must be driven by momentum based on economic and geographical cooperation. Southeast Asia can transcend its short-term perspective on current economic interests and realize synergies by finding ways to achieve cooperative coexistence,.

The experience of leading Southeast Asian Cooperation among heterogeneous countries will serve as a foundation for its future evolution into a global community. The realization of cooperative coexistence and regional peace in Southeast Asia will pave the way for the great transition from a system centered on national interests to a global cooperative coexistence system.