Regional Identities in Southeast AsiaThe Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, is a community of multiple identities. Over time, its citizens' loyalties were formed around national and transnational frameworks involving ethnic, religious, and ideological affinities. In the post independence period, they were affected by decolonization, nation building, the Cold War, globalization, and Chinas rise. As a result, the region is emerging as a confluence of competing and