Blinken Heads to G-7 and Southeast Asia as US Advances Indo-Pacific Strategy - New Delhi Times
The United States is advancing its “strategic partnership” with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as President Joe Biden’s administration aims to begin a new “Indo Pacific Economic Framework” in early 2022. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to embark on a series of in-person meetings with foreign ministers from the Southeast…