The Rising Powers gathered in Singapore November 11th-15th for the 33rd Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). At the ASEAN Summit, the East Asia Summit subgroup and continuing negotiations of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) multilateral free trade agreement also convened. The Economic Leaders’ Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum met on the heels of ASEAN November 17th-18th in Papua New Guinea. For the first time since APEC’s annual Economic Leaders’ Meetings began in 1993, no joint declaration was issued, which many observers attributed to tensions between China and the United States. Instead, Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister and Chair of this year’s APEC Forum Peter O’Neill issued the Era Kone Statement to conclude the proceedings. In this RPI Policy Alert, we catch up on the developments in the Rising Powers’ whirlwind multilateral summit tours. Read more here.