... of national security. If treaty ally Washington threatens increased tariffs, Bangkok will try to bargain by offering increased US access to Thai military bases. Higher US tariffs on China would potentially benefit Thailand by facilitating increased Thai exports to the United States. In December...

... Brazil Mexico Peru economy international relations foreign investment foreign policy foreign trade infrastructure treaty energy finance President Xi Jinping with Peruvian president Dina Boluarte at the APEC summit in Lima (Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images) On December...

... foreign policy judicial policy treaty protest talks BANGLADESH/INDIA: Bangladesh's foreign affairs adviser (the de facto foreign minister in the country's interim government) said yesterday that Dhaka had asked Delhi to return former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh for "judicial...

... foreign policy military policy regional security treaty fiscal shipping PHILIPPINES: The Philippine military plans to acquire the US Typhon missile system, according to Philippine Army chief Roy Galido today. Galido told reporters that this was to protect Philippine sovereignty. He said...

... politics social election foreign policy foreign trade government health media party policy protest regional religion social media talks tourism consumer judicial prices reform terrorism treaty water disinformation A protest in India over attacks against Bangladeshi Hindus...

...Oxford Analytica Significance China, Taiwan and a handful of South-east Asian countries, including the Philippines, have competing claims in the South China Sea. The US-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) is a restraining factor regarding Chinese assertiveness towards the Philippines...

... Syria United Arab Emirates international relations defence regional security treaty BAHRAIN: The United Kingdom signed a security agreement with Bahrain and the United States on December 7, extending the Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement (C-SIPA) that Manama...

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... relations defence foreign policy government military security treaty economy industry arms election foreign investment foreign trade labour policy sanctions NORTH KOREA/RUSSIA: The North Korea-Russia defence agreement, signed by the countries' leaders in June, became effective after...

...Oxford Analytica Significance The Duterte-Marcos rift is worsening at a time when the country faces major challenges such as escalating rivalry with China over the South China Sea. On November 18, the Philippines signed a military intelligence-sharing agreement with the United States, a treaty...

... foreign trade government growth investment military policy prices regional security treaty aid climate coup digital election ethnic gas internet judicial manufacturing mining oil party A view of Singapore (Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images) Last month, the Monetary...

... defence foreign policy invasion military security talks treaty war RUSSIA: North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui arrived in Vladivostok today for an official visit amid reports from the United States and South Korea that Pyongyang sent 10,000 troops to train in Russia, potentially...

... trade government investment policy regional security treaty digital electronics energy gas legislation manufacturing nuclear energy oil prices renewable energy summit talks unions war Energy The September 10 US presidential debate between Republican Party nominee Donald...

... relations foreign investment foreign policy mining renewable energy space talks technology treaty economy Renewable energy IT software & services ABU DHABI: US President Joe Biden accorded the United Arab Emirates (UAE) the status of "major defence partner" yesterday following...

... yesterday on the official internet portal. The Ministry of Defence announced in January that Russia and Iran would sign a major interstate treaty. In June, preparations were temporarily suspended following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. The country's Foreign Minister...

... opposition tourism treaty JORDAN: King Abdullah II appointed Jafar Hassan as new prime minister yesterday following the resignation of the previous government in the wake of the parliamentary election held on September 10. Hassan has been charged by Abdullah in his appointment letter...

... rights military sanctions talks treaty SUDAN: The EU yesterday backed calls for an expanded arms embargo made in a recent UN human rights report that accused both sides in Sudan's conflict of committing war crimes. Human Rights Watch also called in a September 9 report for an expansion...

...Oxford Analytica Significance The Biden administration has repeatedly said that any attack on Philippine ships or aircraft would bring the US-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) into play. Impacts It could take up to ten years for new arms purchases to be delivered and fully integrated...

... relations foreign trade infrastructure transport treaty IRAN: Ibrahim Azizi, head of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee (MNSCFPC), criticised Russian plans to finalise a peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia that would include the opening of a land corridor between...

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