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Is Biden's new Interest Europe and Indo-Pacific?
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 8 (ANI): The strategic orientation of US foreign policy has shifted dramatically under the Joe Biden Administration and it appears that now the Greater Middle East Region is a minor area of interest and, Europe and the Indo-Pacific Region (IPR) are more importan
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Japan, Australia sign defense cooperation pact amid China's growing influe
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 6 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison on Thursday signed a treaty to facilitate joint exercises and strengthen security cooperation while expressing serious concerns over China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacif
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Biden signs USD 768 billion defence bill with eye on China
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 28 (ANI): US President Joe Biden has signed the USD 768 billion defence spending bill for 2022 which includes some USD 7.1 billion for operations in the Indo-Pacific region and calls for developing a "grand strategy" with respect to China.
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Power shifting eastwards, towards India, Australia and Indo-Pacific region
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): Underlining that multilateralism is under stress and new arrangements such as Quad are filling the gaps, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said that wealth and power are shifting eastwards towards India, Australia and the Indo-Pacific region. Read More
China has become more aggressive on borders since Xi Jinping's rise, says
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): China has become much more aggressive in the borders towards the east and west and in its relations with other states since the rise of Xi Jinping as President in 2012, an Australian foreign policy expert has said and noted that the world is heading for
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AUKUS meet focuses on Indo-Pacific stability, reaffirms pathway for Austra
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 18 (ANI): Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America recently held the inaugural meetings of the AUKUS Trilateral Joint Steering Groups and agreed on the next steps to define the optimal pathway for Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines
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US, Japan to hold ministerial talks on security issues on January 7
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 15 (ANI): Japan and the United States have decided to hold a meeting of their foreign and defence ministers in Washington on January 7 to discuss major security issues, local media reported citing officials on Wednesday.
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Blinken during Indonesia visit, seeks to bolster alliances against China's
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 14 (ANI): Amid concern over China's "aggressive actions" in the Indo-Pacific region, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday sought to bolster alliances against Beijing to "defend the rules-based order" stating that countries should have the right to "ch
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Japan, Australia pledge to promote security co-operation of Quad to counte
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Liverpool [UK], December 12 (ANI): Japan and Australia have pledged to promote security cooperation of the Quad group, also including the United States and India in response to China's rising assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region, a media report said.
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Japanese FM, Blinken vow to boost alliance capabilities to counter China's
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], December 11 (ANI): Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Saturday met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and agreed to strengthen the deterrence and response capabilities of their countries' alliance to counter China's growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific re
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US, EU on same page to counter China's growing assertiveness in Indo-Pacif
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI): The United States and the European Union are increasingly on the same page in countering China's growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region, said US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Friday.
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Russia will co-operate with its 'all-weather friend' India in Indo-Pacific
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to India, experts believe that both the countries will co-operate in the Indo-Pacific region as Moscow understands New Delhi's strategic autonomy and considers India as "an all-weather friend."
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