ASEAN Rejects Russia-Free Asian Order
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- ASEAN rejected a Russia-free Asian order at its summit with Russia, per Scott Foster's argument, underscoring Southeast Asia's determination to preserve a multipolar regional order.
- Scott Foster argues the summit demonstrated that Southeast Asian nations favor strategic multipolarity over aligning against Moscow, with the article's argument truncated mid-sentence at 'rather than ali…'.
Why it matters: ASEAN's hosting of Russia and refusal of a Russia-free framework reveals a Southeast Asian preference for multipolar engagement over Western-aligned isolation of Moscow, a posture that constrains how far coordinated Asia-Pacific policy against the Kremlin can go.
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