TY - BOOK AU - Tan Kwan Hong PY - 2016 CY - Hamburg, Germany PB - Anchor Academic Publishing SN - 9783960675648 TI - Uncovering Key ASEAN Needs Vital to US Economic Legitimacy in ASEAN. Recommendations For Robust US-ASEAN Relations UR - https://m.anchor-publishing.com/document/336268 N2 - This paper proposes the I-4 Initiative, a set of broad-based recommendations designed to help the US tackle ASEAN’s key obstacles to economic growth, and thereby differentiating itself from other competing multilateral economic frameworks, striving to garner ASEAN’s involvement. As part of the current situational analysis, this paper also touches on ASEAN’s growing economic potential as well as on the viability of the Trans-Pacific Agreement (TPP) and the US-ASEAN Extended Economic Engagement (E3). A posture on how the US can balance both arrangements is also recommended. KW - ASEAN, United States, US-ASEAN Relations, Economics, Social Sciences, International Relations, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership, E3 Initiative LA - English ER -