It might be best to let sleeping dogs lie on the issue of a peace treaty, but could economic interests help further the relationship? Céline Pajon takes a look at what to expect from the Vladivostok Summit.

Kofi Annan’s advisory commission offered some sensible ways to tackle issues in Rakhine State, Ronan Lee writes, but will they be heard above the violence?

Against the backdrop of North Korea, rising China, and scandal-prone leaders on both sides, perhaps the best outcome to be expected in relations between the US and Malaysia is a reaffirmation of the status quo, Mustafa Izzuddin writes.

China’s foreign aid is fundamental to its globalisation agenda, Lauren Johnston and Marina Rudyak write.

To avoid war with China, America needs a strategy for Asia focusing on economics and core alliances. Oddly enough, Donald Trump might be just the man for the job, Hunter Marston and Nicholas Borroz write.

Although renegotiations have begun in earnest, the Trump Administration will find it exceedingly difficult to get what it wants out of NAFTA, for both economic and political reasons, Asit K Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada write.