Susannah Patton is director of the Southeast Asia program at international policy think tank Lowy Institute in Sydney.
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Leaders of participating countries during the opening ceremony of the 8th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy Summit in Bangkok in June 2018: The push has been slow to yield results. © NurPhoto/Getty Images
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