As China enhances its foreign financing and infrastructure project in Southeast Asia a large financial input is anticipated. And these increases are expected to affect the regional countries domestic political dynamic. In this seminar, various cases were presented to explore China’s position and how it has affected the local politics in countries like Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Transformative leadership in ASEAN
ASEAN has been transformative in many different ways. It has been transformative in terms of changing its dynamic relationship amongst countries in Southeast Asia. In