TOKYO -- In the space of just over 12 months, seven leaders have been elected, reelected or selected in Asian economies with a combined population twice that of the U.S. They have immediately faced military, trade and diplomatic tensions with few precedents.
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis transits the South China Sea at sunset, on February 25, 2019. Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Southeast Asian leaders would be better served largely ignoring China's competing claims to most of the South China Sea, rather than taking a confrontational approach. © Reuters
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