# ASEAN Hedges Between Washington and Beijing

Southeast Asian states increasingly resist pressure from Washington while still courting it for economic and security ends, so ASEAN summits recur as venues where the region asserts strategic autonomy and complicates great-power alignment.

- Conviction: 40 / 100 (forming)
- Horizon: Emerging (watchlist)
- Tracking since: 2026-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Last updated: 2026-07-23T05:49:48.563Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/trends/asean-multipolar-hedging
- Publisher: Polylog
- Affected regions: China, United States

## Recent evidence

- [confirms] Southeast Asian States Push Back on US Pressure Even as They Court Washington (2026-07-23): At the Manila summit Malaysia's leader called a US demand to lift its Israel ban 'totally absurd' while Indonesia urged stronger ASEAN-US ties as a stability anchor. The simultaneous pushback and courting captures the region's hedging posture.