Ukraine war highlights Europe's failure to reassure ASEAN

Southeast Asia should remember that EU offers a real alternative in a bipolar world

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Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Prime Minister of Thailand Prayut Chan-o-cha attend the EU-ASEAN meeting in Brussels in October 2018: Any exercise in alliance building requires reliability and trustworthiness. © Reuters

Lizza Bomassi is the deputy director of Carnegie Europe.

When Russian boots hit Ukrainian ground on Feb. 24, the world watched the events unfolding with familiar horror.

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