As China launched a high-level diplomatic mission to build its influence in the Pacific islands, Australia’s new government responded with one of its own, promising to bring “more energy and resources” to the remote region. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived Thursday in the Solomon Islands, kicking off a 10-day Pacific tour that will include
Japan has described as “provocative” a joint patrol by Chinese and Russian air forces over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea, conducted when Quad leaders met in Tokyo to discuss regional security. At Tuesday’s meeting, the leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the United States declared a “steadfast commitment to a free
U.S. President Joe Biden has embarked on a five-day trip to East Asia, his first visit to the region since he took office, to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to the Indo-Pacific amid the Ukrainian war and an increasingly assertive China. The trip takes him to Seoul then Tokyo, where Biden is also expected to attend
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is planning a visit to Southeast Asia later this month to counter China’s growing assertiveness in the region, according to news reports and a government official. Kyodo, a Japanese news agency, said Kishida’s trip would take place during the so-called Golden Week holidays and includes stops in Thailand, Indonesia and
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
