Colin Kahl, the undersecretary for defense for policy, said he hopes Russia’s troubles in Ukraine are “soaking in” as China eyes Taiwan.
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Gen. Wei Fenghe described the US Indo-Pacific strategy as “an attempt to build an exclusive small group in the name of a free and open Indo-Pacific.” It is designed “to create conflict and confrontation, to contain and encircle others.”
By Colin Clark
Richard Marles disclosed the meeting, which was unplanned and took flight from a dinner the two men attended: “We’re sitting at the same table and we both agreed that it was important our two countries meet.”
By Colin Clark
US Defense Secretary says US does not seek an “Asian NATO,” but blasts China for “growing coercion” and “dangerous” activity in the region.
By Colin Clark
Originally scheduled to last 30 minutes, the meeting between US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Wei Fenghe, went on for 56.
By Colin Clark
“We urge Australia to respect China’s national security interests and major concerns, and to be cautious with its words and deeds so as to avoid a miscalculation that could cause serious consequences,” Chinese Foreign Affairs spokesperson Zhao Lijian said.
By Colin Clark
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The US pivot to the Pacific may be all about China, but it misses Beijing’s moves to fill a US void elsewhere, write a team from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
By Bradley Bowman, Zane Zovak, Ryan Brobst and Behnam Ben Taleblu
Though even global rivals had substantive discussions this time, “I imagine that it will start to get spicier,” an allied expert said of the next meeting of the UN group that will focus on threatening behavior by military space operators.
By Theresa Hitchens
“It can be difficult to make these systems work in practice. I expect that it will take quite a bit of money, time and focus to get a system like this actually operating,” said David Brewster, a senior fellow at Australian National University’s National Security College.
By Colin Clark
The US defense secretary also praises European allies for latest Ukraine arms commitments, including Harpoons from Denmark and attack helicopters from the Czech Republic.
By Lee Ferran
“What I have said, and we maintain, is that the relationship with China will remain a difficult one,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said at his swearing in. “It is China that has changed, not Australia.”
By Colin Clark “We aim to prove that we can stay focused on the region despite the very real power moves elsewhere,” State Department official Camille Dawson said after mentioning Ukraine.
By Colin Clark
“They bring just destabilization [and] instability wherever they go. They leave countries less secure and poorer when they leave. They benefit from governmental instability in Africa,” said Rear Adm. Milton Sands.
By Andrew Eversden
“The coordinated activity between liberal democracies that Beijing long suspected would inevitably fail, is seemingly more successful than it would previously have anticipated were possible,” writes Meia Nouwens of IISS.
By Meia Nouwens