As the world welcomes a new year, so begins Indonesia’s chairmanship of ASEAN.

Indonesia is leading ASEAN just after it came out of its G20 presidency. Indonesia led the world’s top 20 economies in a year marred by the Russia-Ukraine war, which sparked food and energy crises. The Bali summit saw world leaders agreeing in a joint declaration stating that “most” members strongly condemned the war in Ukraine. The G20 also launched a $1.4 billion funding —known as the Pandemic Fund— aimed to finance low and middle-income countries to mitigate future global health threats. So expectations for Indonesia’s ASEAN chairmanship are quite high. Full article.