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ASEAN and China will find South China Sea code elusive

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ASEAN/CHINA

Foreign ministers of the ten ASEAN countries and China have endorsed a single draft negotiating text (SDNT) regarding a Code of Conduct (CoC) for the South China Sea. The South…

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…

ASEAN will proclaim limited trade progress at summit

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ASEAN

The meeting comes against the backdrop of a diplomatic spat between Vietnam, Cambodia and Singapore over Vietnam’s 1978 military incursion into Cambodia. South-east Asian leaders…

Pacific island states will drive climate advocacy

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PACIFIC

The reaction of Pacific island states to Paris climate agreement.

Doctors’ strike may spell crisis for Seoul

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SOUTH KOREA

President Yoon Suk-yeol’s administration aims to remedy a chronic shortage of doctors in South Korea. Public opinion is firmly behind Yoon, but the KMA has enjoyed past success in…

Japan will become a more formidable military power

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JAPAN

Two changes have attracted particular attention: a massive increase in defence spending and the acquisition of 'counterstrike' capability -- the ability to hit enemy launch sites…

Trump trade bluster will alienate US allies in Asia

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US/ASIA

Even without Trump's scheduled participation in the East Asia Summit (EAS) in the Philippines -- he left Manila just before the meeting began -- he made his foreign policy…

Absence of price pressures checks central bank hawks

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INTERNATIONAL

The impact of persistently low inflation on the pace of monetary policy 'regime change' in most countries.

Ukraine war will hasten Japan's defence reform

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JAPAN

Japan has followed the lead of the G7 countries in providing aid to Ukraine and imposing financial and trade sanctions on Russia. Japan's government and private sector are…

ASEAN summit will make little progress except on trade

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ASEAN

South-east Asian leaders will discuss the South China Sea dispute, the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and regional trade. ASEAN’s eight dialogue partners, including the United States…