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Experienced, well-connected and a skilled negotiator and communicator — these are just some of the attributes NATO’s largest member states have used to describe outgoing...
Sweden’s entry into Nato “will bring opportunities” for its arms industry in the Asia-Pacific, analysts say. That could include supplying fighter jets to Manila as tensions escalate with Beijing...
Nato’s cooperation with the Asia-Pacific region will be more “institutionalised” over time, threatening to have a “detrimental” impact on Beijing, analysts said, as representatives from eight Nato countries made joint visits to Japan and South Korea last week. Last Monday, the ambassadors from the Nato countries – the US, Britain, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Romania and Poland – met Japanese foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa, with the...
The presence of four Asia-Pacific leaders at the NATO summit this week suggests that Ukraine is not the only major security issue on the agenda of the European-North American defense alliance. The war in Ukraine has brought members of the US-led alliance closer than at any time since the Cold War, and...
NATO’s summit in Madrid, Spain, in June 2022 marked the first time the four leaders of NATO’s Indo-Pacific partner countries—Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea (ROK)—joined NATO counterparts for a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at Heads of State and Government...
Tailored partnerships, a potential new liaison office, enhanced information-sharing — NATO is rapidly deepening engagement with its four Asia-Pacific partners, arguing that the security of Europe is inseparable from that of the Indo-Pacific, as conflict rages in Europe and the U.S.-China rivalry intensifies in Asia...
North Korea’s barrage of missile tests and China’s swelling military modernization appear to have driven two of Asia’s reluctant partners back into each others arms, with South Korea and Japan agreeing to restore the sharing of highly classified intelligence. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese...
As Russian missiles pummelled Ukraine in the early hours of 24 February 2022, Western leaders scrambled to articulate the magnitude of the moment. Joe Biden declared the Russian invasion an “assault on the very principles that uphold global peace”. Boris Johnson called it an “attack on democracy and freedom”...
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called on Seoul to send military aid to Ukraine during the first leg of a trip to South Korea and Japan over the weekend. U.S. Institute of Peace Senior Policy Analyst Mirna Galic discusses the visit, which aims to shore up alliances in the Indo-Pacific. She speaks with Haidi...
Mirna Galic spoke to Bloomberg’s Daybreak Asia about the significance of NATO deepening ties in Asia, addressing security threats from North Korea and China, and NATO seeking more cooperation from countries in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine including Japan’s issue and a new national...