New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's engagements with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and other countries in the Philippines next week will be crucial for bolstering trade and building resilience amid rapid geopolitical changes, the external affairs ministry said on Thursday. Modi will travel to Manila on November 16 to participate in the Asean-India Summit and the East Asia Summit the following day, on the margins of the Asean Summit being hosted by the Philippines. He is also expected to join the leaders of Australia, Japan and the US for a Quad Leaders' Summit and hold several bilateral meetings. Asean has emerged as a central pillar of India's Act East policy and vision for the Indo-Pacific,...