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

In response to China’s growing influence, Vietnam and the Philippines are investing heavily in defense. Discover how these ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

In 2024, the defence budgets of Southeast Asian countries ranged between 0.78 per cent (Indonesia) and 4.09 per cent (Myanmar) of their respective GDP. ...

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

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr could get closer to sealing a deal on trade when he meets the US president in their ...

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 ...

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.

VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asian defense chiefs met Thursday with their counterparts from China, the United States and other nations in Laos for security talks, which come as Beijing’s ...

Southeast Asian defense chiefs are meeting with China, the United States and other partner nations in Laos for security talks, which come as Beijing's increasingly assertive stance in its claim to ...