Asean Integration! Prospects for Peace and Global Education

TO begin with, let me set my assumptions straight. “Strictly foreign policy” is non-existent, anti-thesis and non-sequitur in a highly interdependent world in the 21st century. In fact, foreign policy is simply a function and extension of domestic policy in the pursuit of national interest and mobilization of national potential. In this regard, national interest has varied manifestations and dimensions such as political, economic, technological, socio-cultural and humanitarian.

These are determinants of national policy and must be viewed in a coherent and integrated way.