Indo-Pacific

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Blinken holds videoconference with government leaders in Kenya from the State Department in Washington

Antony Blinken to say China strategy is about rules-based order, not ‘new Cold War’

May 26, 2022

US President Joe Biden speaks to the press as he arrives for a European Union (EU) summit, one month to the day following Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, at EU Headquarters in Brussels on March 24, 2022. (Photo by JOHN THYS - AFP)

US president meets Indian premier after Quad summit in Tokyo

May 24, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea May 21, 2022. Jung Yeon-je-Pool via REUTERS

Joe Biden, South Korea’s Yoon Suk-yeol vow to deter North Korea while offering coronavirus aid

May 21, 2022

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announces a joint statement with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and European Council President Charles Michel at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo on May 12, 2022. (Photo by YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / POOL / AFP)

EU president: Russia ‘most direct threat to world order’

May 12, 2022

Chinese and Taiwanese printed flags are seen in this illustration taken, April 28, 2022. Picture taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS-Dado Ruvic-Illustration

U.S. officials: China wants to take Taiwan peacefully but is preparing militarily

May 10, 2022

This undated image obtained from the US Department of Defense shows US Army Lieutenant General Paul Funk (R), General Joseph L. Votel (C) and Lieutenant General Stephen J Townsend. Ian Brown, US Department of Defense, AFP

US army general concerned about China and Russia’s growing influence in Africa

March 23, 2022

Russia's Visa Inc. And Mastercard Inc. As Services Affected By U.S. Sanctions

China limits concerns on Ukraine to self-interest

March 23, 2022

Japanese PM Fumio Kishida in New Delhi

Japan’s premier urges India to take tougher line against Russian invasion

March 20, 2022

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China: U.S. warship sailing in Taiwan Strait ‘provocative’

February 26, 2022

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks on Ukraine during a joint press with Fiji acting Prime Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum in Nadi, Fiji on February 12, 2022. (Photo by KEVIN LAMARQUE / POOL / AFP)

US to reopen Solomon Islands embassy amid moves to counter China

February 12, 2022

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (not pictured) accompanied by Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne at Melbourne Commonwealth Parliament Office, in Melbourne, Australia February 11, 2022. Darrian Traynor/Pool via REUTERS

US: Russian invasion of Ukraine could come at any time

February 11, 2022

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Indonesia to buy 42 Rafale jets as it boosts ties with France

February 10, 2022

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison show off signed documents during their video signing ceremony of the bilateral reciprocal access agreement at Kishida's official residence in Tokyo, Japan January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Pool

Australia, Japan sign ‘historic’ defence treaty amid China’s rise

January 6, 2022

In this photo released by Malaysia's Ministry of Foreign Affair, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, is greeted by Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah at foreign ministry in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. (Jai Huzaini/Ministry of Foreign Affair via AP)

US plans ASEAN summit, weighs new sanctions against Myanmar

December 15, 2021

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss speaks during a G7 foreign and development ministers session with guest countries and ASEAN nations in Liverpool, Britain December 12, 2021. Anthony Devlin-Pool via REUTERS

China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin dominate the G7

December 12, 2021