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Modi’s fast-growing India ‘pulling out all the stops’ to edge out China as supply chain leader
India has now signed four FTAs in quick succession since 2021 after a gap of about nine years when no agreements were signed. The latest pact with the European bloc of countries, known as the European Free Trade Association, or EFTA, was hailed by Modi and comes just weeks before elections in which he’s seeking to extend his decade in power.
Philippines is on the front line of South China Sea tensions, but ‘WWII-style war’ with China unlikely
Philippine leader Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s recent comments in Australia on his country being at the “front line” of regional tensions have cast the spotlight on one of Manila’s darkest moments in history 82 years ago.
India conducts first flight test of domestic missile
NEW DELHI — India successfully conducted the first flight test of a domestically developed missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology, India Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on messaging platform X on Monday (March 11).
Australia’s offer to fund Asean security must be met with extreme caution
This view is not uncommon. For example, while 43 per cent believe conflict over Taiwan would destabilise the region, about a third also fear their countries being forced to take sides over it and feel their governments should take a neutral position, according to a survey last year of more than 1,300 people across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Over 45 per cent say their governments should oppose the use of force and reach for diplomacy instead.
Asia dominates list of decade’s top arms importers
Nine of the 10 biggest arms importers in 2019–23 were countries in Asia (including the Middle East) and Oceania, according to a report on international arms transfers released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
China’s outbound investment reshaping the global economy
As economists obsess over plunging foreign direct investment into China, they risk missing a far more important trend: the giant waves of capital zooming in the other direction.