Indo Pacific Region

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Australia, New Zealand assert AUKUS pact will enhance security amid strategic challenges

Australia and New Zealand leaders view AUKUS as crucial for regional security amid heightened tensions. New Zealand seeks to join the pact's technology-sharing efforts.

Indo-Pacific Conference 2023: China's growing influence, supply chain safety and maritime security key concerns

Experts said the war in Ukraine has provided China an opportunity to cater to the needs of countries that were earlier looking up to Russia. Case in point: China partnering with the Philippines for a payment system.

India, US 2+2 ministerial dialogue: Deeper strategic, defence ties and other takeaways

The emphasis was on strengthening defense and security ties to counter China's aggression.

ASEAN carries out joint drills to reaffirm centrality in Indo-Pacific area

The exercises were originally planned for the southern part of the South China Sea but were moved to Indonesia’s archipelagic waters in the South Natuna Sea, mainly at the behest of Cambodia, a close ally of China.

Wants to take relations with Australia to 'next level': PM Modi 

The PM said he wants to take the relationship with Australia to the "next level", including closer defence and security ties to help ensure an "open and free" Indo-Pacific.

Why the renminbi won’t take down the dollar

As the world gradually splits into blocs led by the US and China, there are expectations that the renminbi will start to challenge the dollar’s position as the world’s reserve currency. These expectations may be proven wrong, economists say.

Sunak and Macron to agree more security cooperation at Paris meeting

By Alistair SmoutLONDON British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will agree closer defence and security ties with French President Emmanuel Macron w..

US partnering with India to enable it to play a broader stabilising role in the Indo-Pacific region: Pentagon

Washington, Oct 30 The US will partner India to help New Delhi play a "broader stabilising role" in the strategic Indo-Pacific region, a senior defence ..

Quad members oppose any unilateral actions that seek to change status quo in Indo-Pacific

The Quad affirmed its support for a UN that solves the consequential challenges of our time and safeguards our shared and interconnected resources.

What message does India send by opting out of IPEF trade policy pillar?

Staying away from a key IPEF pillar negotiations is not good optics for a confident nation, and a key Indo-Pacific player

India commits to a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region

Speaking at the launch ceremony, PM Modi said the announcement of IPEF is a declaration of a collective desire to make the Indo-Pacific region an engine of global economic growth.

India-Japan will contribute to open, free and inclusive Indo-Pacific defined by respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity: PM Modi

Penned an op-ed on the vibrant relations between India and Japan, Prime Minister Modi, who is in Japan on a two-day visit to attend a summit of the Quad leaders, said on Twitter.

Trade initiatives in the Indo-Pacific will boost AUKUS’ effect

Geopolitically, AUKUS has added another pressure point on China to moderate its behaviour. To make this move effective, Quad and AUKUS partners, particularly India and the United States, will also need to add trade initiatives in the Indo-Pacific 

Going forward with the US, one step at a time

The US wants to decouple from China and, in looking for an alternative manufacturing base of size, its eyes have rested on India

French President Emmanuel Macron discussed Indo-Pacific co-operation with PM Modi

The two leaders held a phone conversation on Tuesday, said a statement from Emmanuel Macron's office, during which they also discussed issues such as the crisis in Afghanistan.

Without RCEP, India’s Indo-Pacific and North-East vision unattainable

India’s opting out of the RCEP despite two QUAD members pushing for it goes against New Delhi’s Indo-Pacific and North East Region development goals 

Members in S Jaishankar's delegation to UK test COVID positive, schedule modified

Jaishankar arrived in London on Monday for a four-day visit at the invitation of UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to join the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers Meeting as one of the guest ministers.

China has adopted more aggressive approach to Indo-Pacific region: Senior Pentagon official

Beijing has demonstrated increased military competence and a willingness to take risks, and it has adopted a more coercive and aggressive approach to the Indo-Pacific region, Dr Kathleen Hicks, Deputy Secretary of Defense, said in her address to the National War College faculty and students on Friday.

Need to build guidelines and if required, red lines for Indo-Pacific: Outgoing US envoy Ken Juster

In his farewell policy speech, US Ambassador to India Ken Juster said the Indo-Pacific region needs stability and democratic governance, and that is why India is important. He also asserted that no bilateral relations in the world are as broad and of such substance than the one between India and the US.

Advancing key security and economic interests in Indo-Pacific a priority: S Jaishankar

In an address at a ministerial meeting of the Quad’ grouping in Tokyo, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also talked about its common position of ensuring a "free, open and inclusive" Indo-Pacific.

Greater vigilance needed in Indo-Pacific region: Ram Nath Kovind

Speaking after presenting the President's Colour to Lonavala-based INS Shivaji on the 75th anniversary of its commissioning, Kovind lauded the Navy for its recent 'Operation Vanilla' to help cyclone-hit Madagascar.

PM Modi to hold 1st trilateral meeting with Trump, Abe; to discuss situation in Indo-Pacific region

The first of its kind meeting between Modi, Trump and Abe will take place on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in the capital of Argentina, amidst China flexing its muscles in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.

India committed to peaceful and prosperous Indo Pacific region: PM Narendra Modi

"At the East Asia Summit in Singapore, I shared my thoughts on enhancing multilateral cooperation, economic and cultural ties among member nations. Also reiterated India's commitment to a peaceful and prosperous Pacific region," the prime minister tweeted.

India key partner of US in Indo Pacific region: Trump Administration

The remarks by a senior US diplomat came ahead of the announcement by the US of initiatives for development and economic assistance in the entire region.