South China Sea
Blinken says U.S. has strong commitment to Indonesia
JAKARTA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated on Tuesday a strong American commitment to its strategic partnership with Indonesia and to their engagement on the South China…
Blinken heads to Southeast Asia to deepen cooperation on China pushback
By Humeyra Pamuk and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will seek to bolster economic and security cooperation with Southeast Asia through a visit to the region next…
U.S., EU concerned by China’s ‘problematic and unilateral actions’ at sea
By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and European Union on Thursday voiced strong concern at China's "problematic and unilateral actions" in the South China Sea…
Emerging Global Partnership of Democracies
Great power rivalry and global power contestation is witnessing a new phase. Usually, the race for global leadership precedes a conflict involving a large number of countries categorised as allies…
By Dr Seshadri Chari
Indonesia’s defence minister says ‘understands, respects’ AUKUS pact
By Kate Lamb (Reuters) - Indonesia's defence minister has said his country understands the reasons behind the United States, Australia and Britain establishing the AUKUS security agreement, though at a…
Philippines’ Duterte tells summit he ‘abhors’ maritime incident involving China
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday told a regional summit hosted by Chinese leader Xi Jinping that he "abhors" a recent altercation with Chinese ships in the…
Philippines set to resume resupply mission to South China Sea
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' defence chief said on Sunday a military resupply mission for the country's troops stationed on an atoll in the South China Sea will resume this…
Philippines tells China to ‘back off’ after South China Sea standoff
MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines on Thursday condemned "in strongest terms" the actions of three Chinese coast guard vessels that it said blocked and used water cannon on resupply boats headed…
Confronting the Global Hegemon
Global problems require global solutions is an oft quoted truism. It is equally a fact that notwithstanding the acquisition of ever increasing economic and military power and the spread of…
By Lt Gen Kamal Davar (Retd)
Philippines protests Beijing’s ‘provocative acts’ in South China Sea
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has issued a diplomatic protest over Chinese vessels challenging its ships patrolling the South China Sea with sirens, horns and radio communications, its foreign ministry…
China says it carried out beach landing drills in province opposite Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's military said on Monday it had carried out beach landing and assault drills in the province directly across the sea from Taiwan, though it did not…
U.S. nuclear sub hits ‘object’ in Asia-Pacific, no life-threatening injuries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy submarine hit an "object" while submerged in the Asia-pacific region, but the incident did not result in any life-threatening injuries, the United States military…
