Southeast Asian leaders today adopted the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on Asean 2045: Our Shared Future, setting a foundation to guide the region’s development and cooperation over the next two decades.

The declaration, endorsed during the 46th Asean Summit in Kuala Lumpur, represents a milestone in the bloc’s commitment to building a more resilient, innovative, dynamic, and people-centred regional community.

It also succeeds the current...