La Asociación de Naciones del Sudeste Asiático (ASEAN por sus siglas en inglés: Association of Southeast Asian Nations) es una organización regional de estados del sudeste asiático creada el 8 de agosto de 1967, está compuesta por 10 países miembros: Malasia, Indonesia, Brunéi, Vietnam, Camboya, Laos, Myanmar, Singapur, Tailandia y Filipinas. Papúa Nueva Guinea y Timor Oriental son Estados observadores. La habitan un total de 600 millones de personas y el PIB conjunto es de 5,7 billones de dólares. Los principales objetivos de la ASEAN son: acelerar el crecimiento económico y fomentar la paz y la estabilidad regionales. La ASEAN ha establecido un foro conjunto con Japón, y sostiene un acuerdo de cooperación con la Unión Europea (UE), y ha iniciado conversaciones para la cooperación comercial oficial con Unión Económica Euroasiática (UEE). Su cede principal se encuentra en Yakarta.

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN /ˈɑːsi.ɑːn/ AH-see-ahn, /ˈɑːzi.ɑːn/ AH-zee-ahn) is a regional organisation comprising ten Southeast Asian states which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic integration amongst its members. Since its formation on August 8, 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, the organisation's membership has expanded to include Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), and Vietnam. Its principal aims include accelerating economic growth, social progress, and sociocultural evolution among its members, alongside the protection of regional stability and the provision of a mechanism for member countries to resolve differences peacefully. ASEAN covers a land area of 4.4 million square kilometres, 3% of the total land area of Earth. ASEAN territorial waters cover an area about three times larger than its land counterpart. Member countries have a combined population of approximately 625 million people, 8.8% of the world's population. In 2015, the organisation's combined nominal GDP had grown to more than US$2.8 trillion. If ASEAN were a single entity, it would rank as the sixth largest economy in the world, behind the USA, China, Japan, Germany and the UK. ASEAN shares land borders with India, China, Bangladesh, Timor-Leste, and Papua New Guinea, and maritime borders with India, China, and Australia. Both Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea are backed by certain ASEAN members for their membership in the organization.

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