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Shut out of the Asean summit last week, Myanmar’s junta held its own meetings with representatives from China, India and Thailand in a bid to use its larger neighbours to leverage against the regional bloc and boost the generals’ “legitimacy”, analysts said. As leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in Indonesia...
On the eve of the final day of a four-day visit to India and Vietnam, President Biden emphasized one point: He is not trying to contain China. "It's not about containing China; it's about having a stable base — a stable base in the Indo-Pacific," the president said as he answered question after question about...
United States President Joe Biden arrives in Vietnam on Sunday for his first visit to the country as the two nations look to elevate their regional alliance. They are expected to announce plans for...
The State visit of US President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. to Vietnam is the next step and the combination of work that have taken place for four decades since the normalisation of the US - Vietnam relations, said Andrew Wells-Dang, a senior expert on Vietnam at the Centre for Asian Affairs of the US Institute of Peace (USIP). In a recent interview granted to...
The leaders of Turkiye and Egypt on Sunday met formally for the first time in more than a decade, on the sidelines of the G20 summit. The meeting in the Indian capital New Delhi between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi marked a...
President Joe Biden will arrive Friday at the G20 Summit in India on a mission to boost climate and infrastructure lending to developing economies, part of a broader effort by the United States and its allies to counter China's rising influence in Africa and Latin America. Biden asked Congress ahead of the summit to...
For 23 years, ever since Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to visit Hanoi, it has been a rite of passage for every American commander in chief to visit the capital of Vietnam, a former enemy. President Joe Biden takes his turn Sept. 10. His state visit will build on...
need for more weaponry and ammunition in Ukraine may facilitate an in-person meeting between Russian and North Korean leaders that puts the United States in a precarious yet powerless position, former U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has told Newsweek. U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Tuesday that...
In the first episode of the Eurasian Connectivity podcast, New Lines Institute Senior Director Dr. Kamran Bokhari and U.S. Institute of Peace Senior Advisor Dr. Daniel Markey discuss how the U.S. can prioritize mutual strategic interests with India while not placating New Delhi’s current...
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to skip the Group of 20 meeting in New Delhi next week, media outlets reported, citing anonymous sources within several governments. The decision, if confirmed, comes amid deep-seated tension between China and India over their...