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Geopolitics Exposed ASEAN Must Counter China’s Soft Power
ASEAN ambassadors should coordinate joint sanctions, launch rapid-response diplomatic units, tighten digital trade oversight, and build multilateral security nets to blunt China’s soft-power push on North Korea. In 2025, ASEAN’s shared sanctions policy cut Chinese-linked illicit trade by 23%, showing that collective deterrence works. ASEAN Diplomacy in Geopolitics: