Under the plan, which will be announced during Kishida's two-day visit to India, Japan will increase support to emerging economies, especially in the region, Japanese officials said.
Suggestion by chair of House of Commons defence select committee reflects evolving dynamics of Indo-Pacific and global security. India & Japan are part of QUAD with US, Australia.
The document also named India a key ally in furthering the US' Indo-Pacific strategy, as part of the country's goal towards a 'free and open' Indo-Pacific region.
The 2022 National Security Strategy was released by the Joe Biden administration Wednesday in an effort to ‘outmaneuver’ its ‘geopolitical competitors’.
Ely Ratner, assistant secretary of defense (Indo-Pacific Security Affairs), said the US wants deeper ties with India to counter competitors across critical warfighting domains.
Pitch Black 2022, Australian Air Force’s biennial warfare exercise, stands out for an unusual display of enthusiasm by two EU powers, France and Germany.
Minister Jaishankar said in Bangkok Thursday that only countries that have ‘mindsets built around spheres of influence’ & are ‘uncomfortable with democratisation’ oppose Indo-Pacific.
In an interview with ThePrint, ambassador Ina Krisnamurthi highlights that India & Indonesia are neighbours & ‘respect’ each other’s principles regarding Indo-Pacific strategic construct.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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