Huong Le Thu is principal policy fellow at the Perth USAsia Centre, a think tank based at the University of Western Australia, and a nonresident fellow in the Southeast Asia program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
Southeast Asia's aspirations of playing a central role in global politics will be in focus this month as Indonesia hosts the Group of 20 summit, Thailand welcomes the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and Cambodia convenes the East Asia Summit and other ASEAN events.
