Dr. Zhou Shixin is a research fellow of Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies. His current research fields are Southeast Asia studies and China's foreign policy.
Cooperation in economic fields strengthens political and security confidence. Over the past ten years, the Boao Forum has effectively promoted mutual trust between different parties.
At the second US-ASEAN summit to be held tomorrow in New York, both sides will discuss various issues, including US-ASEAN bilateral relations, regional cooperation and the South China Sea dispute.
As the only official multilateral security dialogue in the Asia-Pacific region, ASEAN Regional Forum discussed many sensitive and tough international and regional issues.
The 16th ASEAN Summit passed a Chairman's Statement, encouraging Russia and the US to deepen their engagement in an evolving regional architecture, including a potential involvement with the East Asia Summit (EAS).
No country can dominate world affairs alone now; but major powers representing various national interests will be able to reach agreements of universal approval.