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Sri Lanka struggles to repay loans, China's 'debt trap' for develo
Updated : 7 hours, 15 min ago IST
Beijing [China], January 17 (ANI): China's loans to Sri Lanka have been a contentious subject, with fears that the government would struggle to repay them and that Beijing would use them to challenge India and US influence in the Indo-Pacific region.
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US President Biden, Japanese PM Kishida to meet virtually on Jan 2
Updated : 18 hours, 29 min ago IST
Washington [US], January 17 (ANI): Amid China's growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region, US President Joe Biden will meet Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida virtually on Friday (January 21) to discuss issues pertaining to the Quad (an alliance of US, Australia, Japan and India).
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Xi focuses on military modernisation to dominate Indo-Pacific to
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Beijing [China], January 8 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping is focusing on the military modernisation of the country to dominate the Indo-Pacific region amid the growing presence of the US with Quad and AUKUS alliances in the region and Washington's promises to stand with Taiwan against B
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Is Biden's new Interest Europe and Indo-Pacific?
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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 growin
Updated : 1 week, 4 days 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 : 2 weeks, 6 days 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-Pacifi
Updated : 3 weeks, 3 days 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 ris
Updated : 3 weeks, 3 days 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 fo
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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
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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
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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 t
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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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