EU and Indo-Pacific: Partners for a more prosperous world
The economic links between the EU and the Indo-Pacific region have reached an impressive level, unimaginable 40 years ago. However, the security environment is deteriorating.
Conflict/War
Half of Gaza’s buildings damaged or destroyed
According to the United Nations, over 1.7 million people, or more than 80 percent of Gaza's population, have been displaced, with nearly half concentrated in the strip's far…
Asean foreign ministers back ‘Myanmar-owned and led’ solution
Southeast Asian foreign ministers pressed for an end to Myanmar's bloody conflict and expressed unity in their backing for a regional peace plan.
Wait for Rohingya repatriation gets even longer
Since the influx of Rohingyas from Myanmar's Rakhine State in August 2017, there have been three attempts to repatriate Rohingyas. All three attempts failed as the Rohingyas…
ICJ to deliver interim ruling on genocide case against Israel on January 26
South Africa had raised the issue of the Israel-Hamas war before the ICJ and accused Israel of genocide in Gaza. Israel, during the hearing, had rejected the charge of genocide…
‘China supplies no weapons to Palestine-Israel conflict areas’
Wu Qian, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks in response to a media query regarding Israeli claims that Hamas has been found using Chinese-made…
Indonesia walks out of heated Gaza debate at UN
A video that circulated showed dozens of foreign diplomats leaving the debate hall at the UN headquarters at the start of a speech by Israel’s permanent representative to the…
Nelson Mandela and the killers of children in Gaza
South Africa has brought Israel to the International Court of Justice to stop what it says are the genocidal acts committed by the Israeli military forces against the Palestinians…
Indonesia warns against ‘full-blown war’ in Middle East
The cautionary remark, made at the United Nations Security Council open debate on the ongoing crisis in the Gaza Strip, came amid widespread fear of a wider regional conflict…
Limits to Myanmar truce brokered by Beijing
On 12 January 2024, China announced that it had brokered a cease-fire between the Myanmar military and a trio of ethnic armies, known as the Three Brotherhood Alliance. There is,…