Figure 2. Cooperating Outside the Bloc: Still Important, but Less Than Before

Share of respondents (%) who regard "deepening cooperation with partners beyond ASEAN" as ASEAN's top response to rising protectionism and nationalism around the world

Notes: Timor-Leste was not in the survey sample in 2021. There were 4 options under this question in 2021, as opposed to 5 options for this question in 2026.
Source: The State of Southeast Asia 2021 & 2026 Surveys.Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper