--- title: "ASEAN — News & Analysis | Model Diplomat" description: "Browse 8 stories and expert analysis tagged ASEAN on Model Diplomat — diplomacy, politics, and global-affairs coverage for Model UN." url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/tag/asean" --- > For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://modeldiplomat.com/llms.txt). Skip to main content ## 8 Stories [asia_pacific](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-monkey-cartoon-tests-asean-unity) ### [China's Monkey Cartoon Tests ASEAN Unity](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-monkey-cartoon-tests-asean-unity) [China refuses to apologize for state-media AI video depicting Filipinos as monkeys, testing ASEAN's response as foreign ministers meet in Manila.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-monkey-cartoon-tests-asean-unity) [2026-07-19](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-monkey-cartoon-tests-asean-unity) [asia_pacific](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/manilas-south-china-sea-ruling-10-years-on) ### [Manila's South China Sea Ruling: 10 Years On](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/manilas-south-china-sea-ruling-10-years-on) [Philippines marks 10 years of South China Sea ruling as 14 governments call it binding, but China doubles coast guard patrols at Scarborough Shoal, testing U.S. treaty trigger.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/manilas-south-china-sea-ruling-10-years-on) [2026-07-16](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/manilas-south-china-sea-ruling-10-years-on) [asia_pacific](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/manila-won-at-the-hague-a-decade-ago-beijing) ### [Manila Won at The Hague a Decade Ago; Beijing](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/manila-won-at-the-hague-a-decade-ago-beijing) [Ten years after the 2016 UNCLOS arbitral award invalidated China's nine-dash line, Beijing has not complied. Manila now uses the ruling to build a U.S.-Japan-Philippines defense network outside ASEAN.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/manila-won-at-the-hague-a-decade-ago-beijing) [2026-07-16](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/manila-won-at-the-hague-a-decade-ago-beijing) [asia_pacific](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/antelope-reef-gambit-redraws-south-china-sea) ### [Antelope Reef gambit redraws South China Sea](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/antelope-reef-gambit-redraws-south-china-sea) [China builds 1,490-acre island at Antelope Reef in six months, Vietnam expands all 21 Spratly outposts—surge buries 2016 arbitral award as dispute shifts from law to construction race.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/antelope-reef-gambit-redraws-south-china-sea) [2026-07-10](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/antelope-reef-gambit-redraws-south-china-sea) [international](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/vietnam-strengthens-ties-with-philippines) ### [Vietnam Strengthens Ties with Philippines](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/vietnam-strengthens-ties-with-philippines) [Vietnam's To Lam visits the Philippines to deepen trade and security cooperation as South China Sea tensions push the two ASEAN states toward closer alignment.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/vietnam-strengthens-ties-with-philippines) [2026-05-27](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/vietnam-strengthens-ties-with-philippines) [conflict](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/aseans-fuel-sharing-strategy-amid-iran-wars-economic-impact) ### [ASEAN Fuel Sharing Amid Iran War Crisis](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/aseans-fuel-sharing-strategy-amid-iran-wars-economic-impact) [ASEAN leaders have agreed on a fuel-sharing strategy to cushion the economic fallout of the Iran war, bolstering regional energy security amid the crisis.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/aseans-fuel-sharing-strategy-amid-iran-wars-economic-impact) [2026-05-08](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/aseans-fuel-sharing-strategy-amid-iran-wars-economic-impact) [india](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/india-asean-trade-reset-payments-link-and-market-access) ### [India-ASEAN Trade Reset](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/india-asean-trade-reset-payments-link-and-market-access) [India seeks a trade reset with ASEAN, linking payments systems to expanded market access as Modi leverages negotiations to deepen regional economic ties.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/india-asean-trade-reset-payments-link-and-market-access) [2026-05-06](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/india-asean-trade-reset-payments-link-and-market-access) [international](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/indonesia-cautioned-against-us-military-overflights-amid-tensions) ### [Indonesia Warned on U.S. Military Overflights](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/indonesia-cautioned-against-us-military-overflights-amid-tensions) [Indonesia's foreign ministry warns against US military overflights, balancing ties with China as tensions rise across the South China Sea and ASEAN region.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/indonesia-cautioned-against-us-military-overflights-amid-tensions) [2026-04-15](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/indonesia-cautioned-against-us-military-overflights-amid-tensions)