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Tiny Palau in not-so-pacific middle of US and China

by Richard S Ehrlich May 8, 2021May 15, 2021

Tiny Palau invited the US Pentagon to build ports, bases and airfields on its Pacific islands after Chinese President Xi Jinping bullied the Pacific island nation by destabilizing its fragile economy, according to defiant President Surangel Whipps. “President Whipps’ frank assessment of Chinese pressure – and invitation to host US bases – are unusually blunt […]

Australia’s Morrison feeling the heat on climate change

by Hamish McDonald December 14, 2020December 16, 2020

US Coast Guard to net wayward Chinese fishing fleets

by Scott Foster October 26, 2020October 28, 2020

Russia’s nuclear-capable underwater drone to be deployed

by Ankur Tanwar January 30, 2019February 18, 2020

British warship HMS Montrose is now making its way across the Pacific Ocean on its way to New Zealand. Photo: AFP/STR

Bahrain, China, European Union, France, India, Japan, Middle East, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

UK’s hopes of Indo-Pacific strike group with France premature

by Emanuele Scimia January 6, 2019February 18, 2020

China's homemade carrier, known as Type 001A, at the Dalian Shipyard after it returned from its second sea trial. Photo: Weibo via VCG

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, World

China may boost carrier fleet to seven by mid-2020s: expert

by Asia Times staff November 26, 2018February 18, 2020

A resident carries a mattress inside an evacuation center as Typhoon Mangkhut approaches the city of Tuguegarao in Cagayan province, north of Manila. Photo: AFP / Ted Aljibe

AT Finance, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia

Thousands flee the path of super typhoon in Philippines

by Asia Times staff September 14, 2018February 18, 2020

China's President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at the 2018 Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 11, 2018. Photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office / Anadolu Agency

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Putin’s big bang in the Russian Far East

by Andrew Salmon September 11, 2018February 18, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron (C) and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visit HMAS Canberra at Garden Island in Sydney on May 2, 2018. Photo: AFP/Brendan Esposito

Australia, Beijing, China, France, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

France, Australia and India cement ties in Indo-Pacific

by Bertil Lintner May 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Naval cooperation. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

New alliance could emerge in Indo-Pacific

by Emanuele Scimia March 4, 2018March 4, 2018

Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, World

The deep, entrenched fallacy of the ‘Asian pivot’

by Todd Royal May 4, 2017May 4, 2017

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