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‘The budget for the Ministry of External Affair deserves closer scrutiny’ | Photo Credit: The Hindu When the Union Budget is presented every year, most of the public attention often centres on taxation, infrastructure, and defence. In this, however, the budget for India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) deserves closer scrutiny. Last year, the MEA…
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Soldiers sit next to an armoured vehicle outside a hotel during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Vientiane on October 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Myanmar will send a representative to a regional summit this week for the first time in three years, a diplomatic source said on Tuesday, as the…
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Philippine Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro. File | Photo Credit: Reuters China is the “biggest disruptor” of peace in Southeast Asia, the Philippine defence chief said on Tuesday (August 27, 2024), as tensions between Manila and Beijing over disputed reefs and waters in the South China Sea escalate. “China… is the biggest disruptor of international peace…
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Southeast Asian Foreign Ministers gather in Laos this week for talks on the disputed South China Sea and the conflict in Myanmar, with top diplomats from China and the United States slated to meet on the sidelines. The three-day meeting of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) starts in the capital Vientiane on…
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo | Photo Credit: AP Indonesia warned on September 5 against Southeast Asia’s bloc getting dragged into big-power rivalry as leaders gathered for a summit seeking to dispel worry about rifts over peace efforts in Myanmar and to reaffirm the relevance of their disparate group. Indonesian President Joko Widodo, opening a summit…
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