International relationsIndonesia faces three challenges as ASEAN's next chair
Myanmar, East Timor and South China Sea issues already divide the bloc
Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo speaks during a meeting of EU and ASEAN leaders in Brussels on Dec. 14. Next year he will try to score a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Myanmar. © Getty Images
KOYA JIBIKI, Nikkei staff writer
December 29, 2022 15:30 JST
JAKARTA -- As Indonesia prepares to assume the chairmanship of ASEAN in 2023, it is puzzling out how best to tackle three potentially divisive diplomatic challenges -- the governance situation in Myanmar, which suffered a military takeover nearly two years ago; territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea; and East Timor's application to join the bloc.