Comparing ASEAN and SAARC   
   

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) was founded in 1967 and it has just announced that by 2015 the states included in it will have become a single market like the European Union (EU). Asean already trades 25 per cent within itself, which means it is fairly set to become a regional trading bloc like the EU. One can see what has happened. Like the EU, the nation-state is being transformed to get rid of conflict.         (The Express Tribune)

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