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ASEAN, currently the fourth-largest trading partner of the US, is known to be the world's fastest growing trade area with a ...

Backed by the US, Australia has been increasingly asserting its power in the Indo-Pacific region. Has this strategy served it well?

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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is floating the idea of sending a Royal New Zealand Navy vessel to the South China Sea, as ...

Defence Minister Judith Collins vented frustration at the Chinese Government for not informing New Zealand that it would be sending a “highly capable” strike force with “enormous strike power” down ...

Prime Minister Chris Luxon is floating the idea of sending a Royal New Zealand Navy vessel to the South China Sea, as he ...

President Donald Trump’s sweeping upending of US foreign policy has alarmed allies and nations in need – as his ...

China carried out a “joint combat readiness patrol” drill on Wednesday in an area 40 nautical miles off Taiwan that included ...

In September, Chinese government forces allegedly assaulted Vietnamese fishermen in the contested Paracel Islands, leaving ...

Australia's foreign policy priorities include our strategic position in the Pacific, expanding economic ties with South-East ...

New Zealand's foreign minister said he had raised concerns over China's recent live-fire drills in the Tasman Sea during ...