Alastair Gale
Politics and Economics Reporter at Bloomberg News
Bloomberg reporter in Tokyo covering Japan, regional security. Former WSJ bureau chief in Seoul. Views here are personal. Contact: [email protected]
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bloomberg.com | Philip Heijmans |Alberto Nardelli |Josh Xiao |Alastair Gale
Welcome to a special edition of Balance of Power, focusing on the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. Each weekday we bring you the latest in global politics. If you haven’t yet, sign up here. America’s partners in Asia were on edge ahead of this weekend’s Shangri-La Dialogue defense conference in Singapore.
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bloomberg.com | Alastair Gale |Haslinda Amin
Carsten Breuer(Bloomberg) -- Germany’s top military officer said the country would continue to play a role in Asia-Pacific security, even as the US urges European nations to focus more on the threat from Russia. “We have to do both,” Chief of Defence Carsten Breuer said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on the sidelines of the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue conference in Singapore.
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flipboard.com | Alastair Gale |Haslinda Amin
18 hours agoTEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hamas is seeking amendments to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal for Gaza, a senior official with the group told The Associated Press on Saturday, but U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff called the Hamas response “totally unacceptable.” The latest friction in negotiations comes as the …
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6 days ago |
theedgesingapore.com | Courtney McBride |Philip Heijmans |Alastair Gale
Courtney McBride, Philip J. Heijmans and Alastair Gale / BloombergSat, May 31, 2025 • 10:33 AM GMT+08 • • 4 min readFollow us on Facebook and join our Telegram channel for the latest updates. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pressed US partners in Asia to boost defence spending toward 5% of gross domestic product, warning that more urgency is needed to prepare for a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
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flipboard.com | Courtney McBride |Philip Heijmans |Alastair Gale
1 day ago Hegseth gutted Pentagon office that said it would oversee testing of Golden Dome missile defense system CNN — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the gutting of a Pentagon office shortly after it disclosed that it would be overseeing the testing of President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense system and the programs associated with the massive, multi-billion dollar project, multiple … 12 hours ago Deep Dive: Times Change, Hate Groups Remain Although hate groups...
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