Thanks to Trump, Russia's own 'pivot to Asia' is bearing fruit

Last week, leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations led by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. visited Kazan, Russia, to celebrate 35 years of ASEAN-Russia relations and 30 years of dialogue cooperation.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 Russ