Inaugural ERIA-ASEAN AOIP Lecture and The ERIA-JIIA FOIP-AOIP Special Symposium

​The ERIA School of Government aims to provide a dedicated platform for discussing global geopolitical developments and the defining challenges of our time from Southeast Asia's regional perspective. Its objective is to ensure that ASEAN Member States and their regional partners play an active role in shaping the geopolitical landscape during this era of transformation.

​Through the ERIA–ASEAN AOIP Lecture Series, the initiative seeks to strengthen ASEAN's agency in shaping regional and global narratives while reinforcing the Indo-Pacific as a strategic space for dialogue, cooperation, and inclusive engagement. By convening high-level leaders, policymakers, and distinguished experts from across the region and beyond, the lecture series aims to position ASEAN as a central hub for strategic dialogue on regional and global developments, while facilitating constructive engagement with external partners.

​Anchored in the principles of the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP), adopted in 2019, the regional framework has gained renewed strategic importance in light of intensifying great power competition and the conflicts in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. The Indo-Pacific region has benefited from relative peace and stability over recent decades. The time has therefore come to reinforce the norms and approaches that the region has carefully developed and implemented, while collectively addressing the challenge of preserving and enhancing regional stability and resilience.