US-Iran War Overshadows ASEAN Summit as Region Faces Compounding Crises
🌏 ASEAN — US-Iran war lands at a forum already drowning in its own crises. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: ASEAN members split on US-Iran: Singapore and Vietnam exposed via energy rerouting costs; Indonesia and Malaysia closer to non-alignment. Hormuz closure forces agenda displacement — Myanmar and South China Sea get less bandwidth as members scramble to coordinate energy contingency. Beijing watches ASEAN fracture rather than coalesce — its preferred outcome.
