Note: This article was originally published in The Nation on 20 October 2017. ERIA's High Level Forum on ASEAN@50 was mentioned.

During the high-level forum on Asean@50 on Thursday, participants agreed that while the regional bloc had achieved a lot in the last 50 years, more were needed to be done to create a sense of community or a sense of belonging among the region’s 630 million people if the region were to reap the benefits of regional economic integration. (Read the full article by using the link above).