Anyone within range of China's expanding navy will have to build capabilities faster and/or work more closely with the US, as Australia has just announced.
New trilateral partnership between Australia, US and UK was unveiled Wednesday. US drew criticism from China and ally France, with the latter describing the move as a 'stab in the back'.
Australian envoy to India Barry O’Farrell says his country’s cutting-edge naval capabilities will help give teeth to strategic ambitions of its partners in the region.
In a joint statement issued after the ministerial dialogue, the two nations called for the Taliban to guarantee safe passage for foreign nationals & Afghans wanting to leave.
Ahead of the inaugural 'two-plus-two' ministerial dialogue between India and Australia Saturday, Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar met Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne.
Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Peter Dutton are in India for the inaugural '2+2 ministerial dialogue' between the two countries Saturday.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Australian counterpart Peter Dutton held bilateral talks Friday, ahead of the first ever 2+2 ministerial dialogue between India and Australia tomorrow.
Australian High Commissioner to India Barry O’Farrell says his country is focused on Taliban ensuring safe passage, ceasing violence, preventing violent extremism & upholding human rights.
The focus of the 2+2 dialogue is likely to be on boosting cooperation in the Indo-Pacific in the face of China’s growing military assertiveness & Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.
By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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