China said Germany had got its facts wrong after it accused the Chinese military of using a laser against one of its aircraft.

From an operational perspective, the adoption of NATO standards by ASEAN would advance long-term plug-and-play interoperability between NATO and ASEAN militaries.

Asked about the prospect of a NATO equivalent in Southeast Asia, Gilberto Teodoro told a security forum that ASEAN's complex "dichotomies and divergence in country interests" would make it ...

An “Asian NATO” could be a difference maker, both shaping a meaningful sanctions regime in terms of measures short of war and offering a range of military and naval challenges to China that ...

Fast forward to today, the calls for Asian NATO is still impracticable. As India’s external affairs minister, S Jaishankar, stated, India can “never be a part of an alliance system”.

John Chuan Tiong Lim, a research fellow on East Asian and international relations at the University of Tokyo, said that the idea of an “Asian NATO” faces significant obstacles, including Japan ...

Certain countries are even peddling the idea of an "Asian NATO". Much to their surprise, however, such a notion has been met with a chorus of resistance. "We are already ASEAN.

Oct. 25 (UPI) --In the lead-up to his election, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba floated the idea of an "Asian NATO" to deter the increasing aggressiveness of China in the Asia-Pacific region.

NATO plans to deepen relations with four Indo-Pacific partners as Russia and China strengthen ties against the U.S. New Zealand, Japan and South Korea's leaders will attend the NATO summit in ...

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Asked about the prospect of a NATO equivalent in Southeast Asia, Gilberto Teodoro told a security forum that ASEAN's complex "dichotomies and divergence in country interests" would make it ...