Thanks to Trump, Russia's own 'pivot to Asia' is bearing fruit (opens in new tab)

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed the leaders of Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam to Russia’s fifth largest city where they signed a joint statement promoting a “just multipolar world as guided by international law and the principles of the UN Charter.” Under normal circumstances, the summit would have gone unnoticed. After all, ASEAN and Russian leaders have met in the past — most recently in 2016 in Sochi, Russia. However, within the context of the global en...