Italy
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Free and Open Indo-Pacific/FOIP
U.K.-led Operation Highmast departs for Indo-Pacific deployment with Allies and Partners
FORUM Staff The United Kingdom’s Royal Navy flagship HMS Prince of Wales departed Portsmouth Naval Base in late April 2025 to lead a multilateral deployment to the Indo-Pacific. The eight-month deployment of the U.K.’s Carrier Strike Group 2025, called Operation Highmast, will be joined by vessels and/or personnel from 13 nations, including Australia, France, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand,…
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Free and Open Indo-Pacific/FOIP
G7 condemns China’s coercion, boosts Free and Open Indo-Pacific
FORUM Staff The foreign affairs chiefs of the Group of Seven leading industrial nations said they are committed to upholding a Free and Open Indo-Pacific that is prosperous and secure and based on “sovereignty, territorial integrity, peaceful resolution of disputes, fundamental freedoms and human rights.” A joint statement in mid-March 2025 from the G7 nations of Canada, France, Germany, Italy,…
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Northeast Asia
G-7 diplomats reject North Korean, PRC, Russian aggression
The Associated Press Top diplomats from the Group of Seven democracies vowed a tough stance on the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) threats to Taiwan and on North Korea’s tests of long-range missiles, while discussing ways to boost support for Ukraine and punish Russia for its invasion. The envoys’ talks in Karuizawa, Japan, in mid-April 2023 were meant to pave…
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