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  1. Which ASEAN-led process was instrumental in negotiating the Paris Peace Agreements of 1991 that ended the Cambodian conflict?

    Answer: The Jakarta Informal Meetings

    The Jakarta Informal Meetings (JIMs), chaired by Indonesia's foreign minister Ali Alatas, were the ASEAN-led diplomatic process that helped broker the 1991 Paris Peace Agreements on Cambodia.

  2. When Vietnam joined ASEAN in 1995, it was significant partly because Vietnam had previously been involved in which action that ASEAN strongly opposed?

    Answer: The military occupation of Cambodia

    Vietnam's 1978 invasion and subsequent occupation of Cambodia was strongly condemned by ASEAN, making Vietnam's 1995 membership a landmark reconciliation.

  3. The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), established in 1994, was significant because it was the first multilateral security dialogue to include which major power?

    Answer: China

    The ARF's significance lay partly in being the first multilateral security forum in Asia-Pacific to include China, helping to engage Beijing in regional security dialogue.

  4. ASEAN's response to Myanmar's military coup in February 2021 resulted in what unprecedented action?

    Answer: Barring Myanmar's military junta from ASEAN summits

    In an unusual move, ASEAN excluded Myanmar's junta leaders from summits in 2021 after the military failed to implement the agreed Five-Point Consensus peace plan.

  5. The ASEAN Community was officially established on December 31, 2015, consisting of three pillars. Which of the following is NOT one of those pillars?

    Answer: ASEAN Military Defense Community

    The three pillars of the ASEAN Community are the Political-Security Community, Economic Community, and Socio-Cultural Community — there is no military defense pillar.

  6. Which country hosted the ASEAN Summit where the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was signed in 2020?

    Answer: Vietnam

    RCEP was signed at the virtual ASEAN Summit hosted by Vietnam on November 15, 2020, creating the world's largest free trade area.

  7. What was the historical significance of the 1967 Manila Accord between the Philippines and Malaysia before ASEAN was founded?

    Answer: It was a precursor agreement that helped pave the way for ASEAN

    The Manila Accord of 1963 and subsequent diplomacy helped reduce tensions between founding members and contributed to the environment that made ASEAN's establishment possible in 1967.

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