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South-east Asia is growing arms market for South Korea

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Except for Myanmar and Cambodia, which are subject to Western arms embargoes, the region is a buyer’s market. South Korea has become its largest supplier of arms. Meanwhile…

Vietnam will rethink its relations with Russia

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VIETNAM

Vietnam is Russia’s closest partner in South-east Asia and has refused to criticise Moscow over the Ukraine war. Between 2000 and 2022, Russia accounted for more than 80% of…

Russian-US arms treaties erode in new era of mistrust

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RUSSIA/US

The likely end of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty will be an important marker in the decline of international stability and a particular blow to long-held…

Russia and China too ill-matched for defence alliance

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RUSSIA/CHINA

The growth of Russian-Chinese security and defence cooperation over recent years has led to talk of a formal military alliance, which President Vladimir Putin said in 2020 was…

China’s South-east Asian defence ties face constraints

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CHINA

South-east Asia is a key theatre in which Chinese-US strategic rivalry plays out. Beijing is counting on regional defence diplomacy to help it push back against the United States…

Pandemic fallout hits South-east Asian defence budgets

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

South-east Asian defence budgets.

Summit highlights Tokyo's dependence on Washington

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JAPAN

The changing priorities of the Trump administration have put Japan's international strategy under stress. Japanese policymakers may seek to explore regional options to exert…

NATO Strategic Concept underlines China concerns

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CHINA

This text declares that China’s "stated ambitions and coercive policies challenge our interests, security and values", and that China "strives to subvert the rules-based…

Crises nearer home may thwart Turkey’s Asian ambitions

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TURKEY

Turkey’s ‘Asia Anew’ foreign policy.

South Korea-Uzbekistan ties will grow

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UZBEKISTAN/SOUTH KOREA

Uzbekistan-South Korea ties.