Alif Zaini
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Musings on ASEAN: Representations of Regional Cooperation, Stories of Individual Aspirations, and Being an Amorphous Mass…
During the summer, Alif Zaini made a trip to Mahasarakham in the Northeast of Thailand, where he attended a regional youth conference – held by an organisation he would describe as “animated by the essences and potentialities of ASEAN”. In this piece, he muses on big diplomatic blocs, small student aspirations and the gaps between them.