By Aparna Bharadwaj and Munal Rathore
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
August 25th 2025 The ASEAN
The world is undergoing unprecedented transformation. In the decades ahead, ASEAN must harness its economic foundation, leverage its diversity, and cultivate future-ready talent to navigate crucial crossroads.
A multipolar world, shifting global trade dynamics, rapid technological advancements, the intensifying climate crisis, and rapid demographic changes are trends that pose formidable challenges—but also create immense opportunities.
ASEAN’s path to lasting prosperity, resilience, and global relevance demands a bold, forward-looking vision, one that not only addresses today’s disruptions but also anticipates the opportunities of tomorrow.
This vision underpins the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Post-2025 Study, Towards AEC 2045: Options and Potentials, completed in 2024. Insights from this landmark effort have informed the development of the AEC Strategic Plan 2026-2030, a strategic and future-oriented roadmap to help ASEAN navigate uncertainty and realise its long-term potential.
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