- 29 April, 2024
Geopolitics & National SecurityAUKUS
Macron says up to Australia to repair broken relations
PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron told Australia's prime minister that he had broken the trust between their two countries and that it was up to Canberra to repair relations…
Biden, Macron discussed European defense, will meet in Rome -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday discussed security cooperation in Africa, Europe and the Indo-Pacific, as the two countries work to mend fences…
Australia says EU has postponed free trade talks for second time
By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) -The European Union has postponed the next round of free trade talks with Australia for a second time, the Australian trade minister said on Friday,…
Controversy over AUKUS pact overhyped, says UK armed forces minister
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Britain's armed forces minister James Heappey on Thursday said there has been an "overhyping" of controversy over a new trilateral security pact between Australia, the United…
U.S.’ Blinken talks European security cooperation with France’s Macron
By Simon Lewis and Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday discussed a French push for more security cooperation among…
AUKUS pact no threat to Indo-Pacific stability, U.S. envoy says
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - A defence pact between Australia, the United States and Britain is no threat to Indo-Pacific stability and is not aimed at any one country,…
An intensifying arms race in Asia
(Reuters) - Analysts warn Asia may be sliding into an accelerating arms race as countries react to China's military growth and tensions around North Korea's weapons programmes linger. Here is…
AUKUS submarine deal ‘very tricky’ for nuclear inspectors -IAEA chief
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - The head of the United Nations atomic agency has said the AUKUS deal in which Australia will obtain nuclear submarine technology from the United…
New Drives to Counter China Come With a Major Risk: Throwing Fuel on The Indo-Pacific Arms Race
An accelerating arms race in the Indo-Pacific is all but guaranteed now that China finds itself a target of new security arrangements — AUKUS and the Quad — aimed at…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
AUKUS for Muscle Power, QUAD for Global Good
A new word, “Nixon shokku” was added to the Japanese dictionaries when President Nixon made a visit to Beijing behind the back of the closest ally of the US in…
By TP Sreenivasan
French President Macron and UK PM Boris Johnson spoke on Friday
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron spoke over the phone on Friday with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, said Macron's office, during which Johnson had told Macron that Britain…
Quad leaders to deliver on vaccines, infrastructure, tech -U.S. official
By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A first in-person meeting of the leaders of the Quad group of countries - the United States, Japan, Australia and India -…
