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Monday, June 13, 2016

Southeast Asia Can't Get Enough of Israel's Weapons

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/southeast-asia-cant-get-enough-israels-weapons-16550

Southeast Asia Can't Get Enough of Israel's Weapons

These countries have built an unlikely friendship.
June 12, 2016
Present-day Israeli foreign policy is giving considerable attention to the Southeast Asian countries, namely Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Myanmar. In the past few years, there has been a heavy traffic of high-level defense-oriented visits from both sides; as a result, military cooperation has received greater importance.
The current state of political ties with the West has brought about this shift in Israel’s foreign policy toward the Asian region, particularly Southeast Asia. Defense relations with India and South Korea are visibly on the upswing, and economic relations with China are strong. As part of Israel’s Look East” policy, equal importance is given towards strengthening ties with Japan. Although the extent to which both countries can advance their ties in the defense arena is uncertain, cyber security is one field where both countries see significant potential for cooperation. Several factors have led to this bonhomie. http://nationalinterest.org/feature/southeast-asia-cant-get-enough-israels-weapons-16550

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