Introduction

This article examines the nature and quality of investment protection in the new Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) investment agreements, which comprise the first set of regional investment agreements by ASEAN as a regional organization undergoing the process of economic integration under its new Charter system. To this end, I compare the key substantive and procedural features of the 2009 ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement [hereafter, "ACIA"]; the 2010 Agreement on Investment of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation between ASEAN and ...