India sees China as primary adversary, Pakistan as ancillary security issue; Modi focuses on global leadership and military ...

The civil war in Myanmar, maritime disputes in the South China Sea and U.S. tariff hikes will top the agenda of a two-day ...

China Defiant Over South China Sea Skirmishes ... the army ousted an elected government in 2021. The military has backtracked on an ASEAN peace plan it agreed to in late 2021 and fighting has ...

which blamed U.S. and other military presences from beyond the region for instability in the waterway, which Beijing claims almost in its entirety. China has overlapping claims with ASEAN members ...

In particular, the festering disputes in the South China Sea ... the first-ever all-ASEAN naval drills last year, Indonesia is seeking more regularized joint military activities with regional ...

The risk of a military ... strategy. China and Southeast Asian nations have participated in talks about a code of conduct since September 2013. Yet the ten members of ASEAN have been divided ...

China has depicted Taiwan’s president as a cartoon bug while launching large-scale military exercises around the island to “serve as a stern warning and powerful deterrent” against its ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China are “politically ... the start of this year’s Balikatan, the military said there was nothing alarming ...

such as pushing through a code of conduct for relations in the South China Sea, ASEAN too often goes missing. And ASEAN is too often reluctant to acknowledge that it is the military power of ...

He also downplayed territorial disputes between ASEAN members and China in the South China Sea, which Beijing claims virtually in its entirety, and Myanmar’s conflict since the 2021 military ...

VIENTIANE, Laos — Southeast Asian leaders stepped up pressure on China to respect international ... government in 2021. The military has backtracked on an ASEAN peace plan it agreed to in ...