Ukraine on Fire: Asean Only Squeaks

Farewell to Asean’s centrality

By: BA Hamzah

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), whose distance from ground zero of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces breeds complacency, has managed only a faint squeak of disapproval despite pressing geopolitical ramifications in the form of rising fuel and food prices and the danger of a nuclear conflagration.

The United States…