Nearly three months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the conflict looks nowhere near being resolved. Instead, the repercussions of the war in Europe have lapped onto Asia's shores.

Within Asean, it has polarised member states into opposing groups: one, prepared to condemn Russia's invasion and call it "war"; the other, sympathetic to Russia's claim that it has undertaken only a "special military operation" against Ukraine, and that the West is to blame because it did not consider Russia's security concerns. Unless its members are prepared to address these polarising differences, Asean risks being divided further.