In the nearly half-century since its 1967 founding, the geopolitical and economic organization ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, has gone from esoteric in some eyes to essential to the world's economic and business leaders. Its 10 member nations-Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam-contain 620 million people, have a combined GDP of $2.2 trillion and are widely considered the most important 21st-century global growth engine. The region likewise features attractive economic and demographic trends, with a young and rapidly emerging middle class.
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