After years of strained relations, New Zealand and the U.S. recently declared that they are 'working more closely than ever.'

RAND's Derek J. Grossman explains why such a statement is a sign that a new era in New Zealand's foreign policy is underway. bit.ly/3y9aPJI

Pakistan's ex-PM Khan: 'On Pakistan’s borders, India has already admitted to undertaking assassinations inside of Pakistan and the international border with Afghanistan remains volatile.'
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Lucy Craymer

New Zealand's FM: 'China has a long-standing presence in the Pacific, but we are seriously concerned by increased engagement in Pacific security sectors.'
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“Canadian police have arrested members of an alleged hit squad investigators believe was tasked by the government of India with killing' of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
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Many (most?) Indians see conspiracy everywhere regarding recent Western media reports of Modi and RAW’s alleged violations of international law and incompetence in doing so. To them, it’s India vs the Anglosphere. This view has no evidentiary basis.
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SecDef: 'We’ve been very clear to everyone, to include Beijing, that the kind of behavior that we’ve seen, where Filipino crews are put in danger...sailors have been injured and property damaged, that is irresponsible behavior.'
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India 'involved in... extrajudicial killings of Pakistani nationals on Pakistani territory', says Pakistan foreign ministry spokx Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch

“Vietnam has expressed its hope that Cambodia will soon provide information on Cambodia’s Funan-Techo canal project and join hands in assessing its impacts and seeking solutions to them.”
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Indian MEA spox: 'We consider the Shaksgam valley to be our territory. We have never accepted the so-called China-Pakistan boundary agreement of 1963 through which Pakistan unlawfully attempted to cede the area to China.'
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White House spox: 'At the same time that Moscow vetoed the panel's mandate renewal, Russia has been shipping refined petroleum from Port Vostochny to the DPRK (North Korea).'
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'For Moosa Zameer, Maldives’ new foreign minister, the likely visit to India around 10 May will certainly be one of his toughest assignments.'
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Solomon Islands' new PM, Jeremiah Manele, is likely to maintain strong ties to China. Maybe he'll be a little less cozy with Beijing, but don't expect any major recalibration in Honiara.
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