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LUANG PRABANG, Laos -- Defense ministers from ASEAN are looking to add members from the West to its regional framework as global geopolitical issues increasingly affect Southeast Asia.
BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday announced a 7.2% increase in its defense budget, which is already the world’s second-highest behind the United States at 1.6 trillion yuan ($222 billion), roughly mirroring the rise of the last year.
LUANG PRABANG, Laos -- Defense ministers from ASEAN met on Tuesday to discuss regional issues as the humanitarian crisis in one of its members, Myanmar, becomes a more pressing agenda for the regional bloc.
BEIJING -- China's annual defense spending is set to grow by 7.2% this year, well above the country's economic growth target of "around 5%."
PARIS/TOKYO -- Japan will join NATO members and other partners for an annual space defense exercise in France starting Monday, preparing for real-world threats like attacks on communications satellites.
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has begun talks with the U.K. and Australia on inviting Japan to collaborate on defense technology under the AUKUS security partnership, American officials told Nikkei Asia, aiming to make an announcement during the Japanese leader's visit to the White House next month.
TOKYO -- Sweden's successful bid to join NATO will increase cooperation between the EU and the military alliance, the country's former Prime Minister Carl Bildt said in an interview during a trip to Tokyo.
The chief executive of Italian defense group Leonardo said Friday that he's more concerned about the "stupidity" of users of artificial intelligence rather than the threats posed by the technology itself.