Poorest nations set to lose out as Western countries redirect development funding to defence and domestic spending.

The United States has called on Asia to increase defence spending in the face of what it deems the China "threat".

China is set to expand its influence over South-east Asia’s development as the Trump administration and other Western donors ...

The Philippine president is in the US for three days to deepen economic and security ties. Ferdinand Marcos Jr is the first ...

China is leading the development race in Southeast Asia as traditional donors like the United States and United Kingdom step ...

China is set to expand its influence over Southeast Asia's development as the Trump administration and other Western donors ...

Figure 1: Defense Spending in Select Southeast Asian Countries (200-2019) Source: Chart generated by the author using data from the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database . Between 2018 and 2019, average ...

Indonesia is buying submarines from South Korea and coastal radar systems from China and the United States. Vietnam is getting submarines and combat jets from Russia, while Singapore - the world's ...

As countries in Southeast Asia look beyond the US and Russia for security partners, Germany is stepping up its defense diplomacy— signing deals, deploying warships and joining regional forums ...

Defence ministers and officials from the United States, China, Russia and Southeast Asia gathered in Indonesia on Thursday for a meeting where they are expected to discuss geopolitical crises in ...

YUEN FOONG KHONG is Li Ka Shing Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalization at the ...

RCEP links Southeast Asia's 10 economies with China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, combining 2.3 billion people and accounting for over a quarter of global trade.