Washington/Seoul/Tokyo: The United States has assured protection to South Korea based on NATO against the increasing nuclear tests and aggression of North Korea. On his visit to South Korea, the US Secretary of Defence Llyod Austin announced deploying its nuclear weapons and defence systems in South Korea if necessary and enhanced military cooperation and drills […]
Beijing: Indian External Affairs Minister had recently said that this century could not be known as the century of Asia unless cooperation is established between India and China. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China has also confirmed it. But to establish this cooperation between the two countries, India needs to make efforts in the […]
New York: Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand have been invited to the NATO meeting. Taking cognisance of this, China recorded a vitriolic reaction. China has warned that it will bitterly oppose NATO involvement in the Asia-Pacific region or the inclusion of countries from the region into NATO to form Asian NATO. Such a […]
London: Japan and United Kingdom have agreed on a comprehensive defence cooperation agreement as a countermeasure to China’s increasingly assertive actions in Asia and the Indo-Pacific region. This is the first time Japan has signed a reciprocal access agreement with a European country. Previously Japan had signed similar defence cooperation agreements with the United States […]
Jerusalem: – There was a whopping 36% increase in the Israeli defence exports given the increasing demand for the air defence systems and missiles. United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain have started large scale purchases of weapons from Israel. The Israeli defence ministry revealed this information. UAE and Bahrain are among the countries that have […]
Queenstown: – The world may have been stalled due to the Coronavirus pandemic, but the threat to the Asia-Pacific sector has not been averted. Threat to the security of this sector, especially the South China Sea region, has only increased. Military analysts warned that New Zealand, an important country that is geographically close to the […]
Taipei: Analysts in Taiwan appealed that trade with China is declining after China lost Western countries’ confidence in the Huawei matter. Therefore, semiconductors, necessary in the manufacture of defence equipment and cars, are falling short in the market. This is a huge opportunity for Taiwan; it should leverage it to enter the global supply chain […]
Washington/Moscow: – The United States, who was posing challenges to the Chinese activities in the South China Sea, has now also issued a warning to Russia. On Tuesday, a US destroyer sailed close to the Russian marine region in the Sea of Japan, a part of the Asia-Pacific sector. The Russian defence department claimed that […]
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is a free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific region between the ten ASEAN states and five of their FTA partners—Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea. Wikipedia
Berlin: – German Chancellor Angela Merkel, jolted the European aspirations, of China saying that the German companies should invest in any of the Asian countries other than China. This is the second instance of the German Chancellor reprimanding China over trade issues. Chancellor Merkel warned ‘Chinese government should remember that henceforth if China does not […]
