Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 was one of the most destructive events of modern Southeast Asia. The Philippines and Vietnam suffered the greatest loss with more than 7,000 deaths and an economic damage of more than 10 billion USD. This research examines the tropical monsoon and its effects on regional disaster diplomacy, namely, what role the disaster and its management played in ASEAN. The methodological framework of the study is the Complex Adaptive System (CAS) which is applied through four properties and three mechanisms. According to the results, the events can be considered quite controversial in a diplomatic sense: despite the level of global humanitarian assistance, ASEAN states were characterized by aloofness and fear of sovereignty. Due to this behavior, disaster relief and disaster recovery were not effective enough either. Nevertheless, in its official communication, ASEAN recorded typhoon-related disaster prevention cooperation as a success story.
Bendegúz Papp (Sun,) studied this question.