Manila Turns ASEAN Into a Quad, Energy and South China Sea Alignment Test

ASEAN leaders are meeting in Manila from November 15 to 17 with energy costs, Myanmar, South China Sea negotiations and wider security tensions on the agenda. The expected arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump and a planned Quad leaders’ meeting with Japan, Australia and India turn the summit into a broader Indo-Pacific signaling event before APEC in China.