1 Workshop Summary Report Rising Regionalism: Trends in Southeast (and Wider) Asia November 13, 2013 Jeffrey A. Wright This workshop took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 26, 2013. It was cosponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations’ (CFR) International Institutions and Global Governance (IIGG) program and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Jakarta and made possible by the generous support of the Robina Foundation. Regional integration has not come easily to Southeast Asia. When the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) formed in 1967, one of its primary goals was to temper the influence that any outside power could exert. Yet conversely, colonial experiences have restrained member states from ceding too much authority to regional actors. As a result, the nature and pace of integration in Southeast Asia has been an ongoing negotiation between preserving state autonomy, on the one hand, and fostering economic growth and maintaining security, on the other. Still, regional institutions continue to emerge and expand. Over the last decade, ASEAN has moved toward a three-pillar community: political-security, economic, and socio-cultural. The East Asia Summit (EAS), launched in 2005, has provided a high-level platform for members to discuss trade and security issues, including a potential code of conduct on the South China Sea. And the Chiang Mai Initiative (CMI), originally conceived by ASEAN Plus Three (ASEAN+3) to supply emergency liquidity through bilateral swap arrangements, expanded in 2010 into a multilateral instrument with a pool of foreign exchange reserves roughly three times its original size. It is against this backdrop of steadily growing regionalism in Southeast Asia that the Council on Foreign Relations and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies cosponsored the workshop “Rising Regionalism: Trends in Southeast (and Wider) Asia.” Held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 26, the workshop brought together over thirty scholars and policymakers from the United States, Indonesia, and Singapore. Participants debated a range of subjects, including the strengths and weaknesses of ASEAN; prospects for resolving long-term territorial disputes; the role of the United