Aristyo Rizka Darmawan is Lecturer in international law at the Universitas Indonesia and a former Visiting Fellow with the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University. Currently he is a PhD Scholar at the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University. His research focuses on the intersection between international law of the sea and maritime security in the Asia Pacific.
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Though Indonesia is not overly concerned about the new US–PNG Defense Cooperation Agreement, it wants to avoid stoking the US-China fire in the Indo-Pacific.
Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son called peace, security, and stability the prerequisite for prosperity while addressing the plenary session of the 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-56) in Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 11.
A bilateral FTA will strengthen the India–Australia partnership and provide opportunities to diversify exports, promote free trade and increase regional connectivity, writes Anita Medhekar (Central Queensland University).