Laos will host its Southeast Asian neighbours for the ASEAN summit tomorrow, against an increasingly gloomy and violent geopolitical outlook, and a wave of leadership transitions within member states. CNA's Leong Wai Kit ropes in his Thai and Indonesian counterparts Saksith Saiyasombut and Saifulbahri Ismail, as well as political observers to explain how the leaders, new and old, might change the bloc's dynamics with different approaches to issues.