Asia leaders

EghtesadOnline: As global defense chiefs debated what “America First” and China’s rise meant for Asia’s future, regional officials focused on a more immediate concern: terrorism.

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump is set to tear up a giant Pacific trade pact and has questioned alliances that have defined America’s engagement in Asia since World War II. But it’s too early to declare President Barack Obama’s “pivot” dead.

EghtesadOnline: Asian leaders played down tensions over the South China Sea in a carefully worded summit statement on Thursday, but even before it was issued Beijing voiced frustration with countries outside the region "interfering" in tussles over the strategic waterway.