Leaders from the Middle East and Southeast Asia are holding their second summit in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. The two regional blocs, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), will also hold another, trilateral meeting that includes China for the first time as world regions start to hedge their bets in a more geopolitically unpredictable world.
The flurry of meetings involving leaders of the GCC, the ASEAN, and China is being held a day after the biannual ASEAN summit.
