# ASEAN summit: Who’s attending and what’s at stake?

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/asean-summit-whos-attending-and-whats-at-stake/
- Published: 2026-11-15T07:11:24+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T11:51:27+00:00
- Original publisher: Al Jazeera (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/15/asean-summit-whos-attending-and-whats-at-stake?traffic_source=rss
- Topics: Americas, Geopolitics, Middle East, Politics, World

## Key points

- ASEAN meets in Manila amid energy shortages and trade pressure.
- South China Sea negotiations may continue into next year.
- Myanmar’s conflict and regional disputes remain unresolved.

## Summary

ASEAN leaders and other world figures are meeting in Manila from 15 to 17 November as the region faces energy shortages linked to the US-Israel war on Iran and economic pressure from US-China rivalry. The summit matters because members are trying to address shared economic and security challenges, though ASEAN cannot impose decisions on its 11 member states.

Oil and gas disruption has particularly affected the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia; the Philippines declared a national energy emergency in March, and the conflict also threatens millions of ASEAN citizens working in the Middle East. Members face US tariff increases of 10 to 12.5 per cent, long-running South China Sea disputes with China, and unresolved tensions including the Cambodia-Thailand border dispute and Myanmar’s civil war. Negotiations on a South China Sea code of conduct have continued this year, but analysts doubt the summit will produce a final agreement.

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