The Russian and Ukrainian ambassadors have turned Indonesia – this year’s G20 chair – into a diplomatic battlefield by holding tit-for-tat press briefings, becoming regulars at local newsrooms and giving interviews to present their versions of what’s happening in the actual warzone. Take the case of an in-person press conference last week by Lyudmila Vorebieva,
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged Monday to help host country Indonesia make this year’s G20 summit a success, including by attending the gathering, which controversially has both the Russian and Ukrainian presidents on the guest list. Australia’s new PM made the pledge during a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, after he
Singapore’s prime minister warned Thursday that trade and security were being put at risk by U.S.-China tensions and urged better communication between Washington and Beijing to maintain stability and growth in Asia. “If U.S.-China relations continue on this path, it will lead to further bifurcation of technology and splitting of supply chains or even worse,
The United States is highlighting its commitment to Southeast Asia by holding a leader-level summit with ASEAN members this week in Washington despite being in the midst of dealing with the Ukraine turmoil, analysts said. But Washington is not likely to present a coherent economic strategy to reduce Southeast Asia’s overreliance on China and that
Russia’s arms sales to Southeast Asia have plummeted due to international sanctions imposed since the start of the Ukraine crisis in 2014 and the ongoing war will likely lead to a further decline, creating market opportunities for countries like China, a new report says. An article in the bulletin ISEAS Perspective published by the ISEAS
Malaysia’s top diplomat has revealed he’s had contact with the Burmese shadow government, the first ASEAN country to acknowledge such an interaction, as activists lambasted the bloc on the anniversary of its failed five-point plan to restore democracy in Myanmar. Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah was responding Sunday to an open letter from a Southeast Asian
s territorial growth in the South China Sea.” [To solve] intricate problems like this, its really useful to have a multilateral technique and cumulative security that permits free and open Indo-Pacific (waters),” Gen. Charles Flynn, the U.S. Army leader in the Pacific, informed press reporters in Kuala Lumpur.” I believe training workouts and the ability
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (left) and Josep Borrell, the European Unions high agent for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (best), welcome Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi during the Indo-Pacific Ministerial Cooperation Forum, in Paris, Feb. 22, 2022. Credit: AFP Stability in the area has been threatened recently through declared attacks by
The Philippines took shipment on Thursday of 4 American-made Cessna aircrafts for training navy pilots to assist secure Manilas maritime areas, the federal government stated, amidst tensions with Beijing in the disputed South China Sea. The United States handed over the U.S. $2.2-million bundle of Cessna 172 Skyhawk aircrafts a day after China consented to
An advanced sea-to-sea variation of the BrahMos Supersonic Cruise missile is test-fired from the Visakhapatnam, an Indian navy ship, Jan. 11, 2022. Picture courtesy Defense Research and Development Organization @DRDO_India via Twitter] Federal government of Indias policy of promoting accountable defense exports,” the Indian Defense Ministry stated in a declaration on Friday. Manila on Friday
