Asia Power Index
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Regional defence diplomacy
Diversity and depth of defence diplomacy in the region
This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for regional defence diplomacy.
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Regional defence diplomacy
Diversity and depth of defence diplomacy in the region
Rankings
Indicators
rank
score
trend
Country / Territory
Year
2018
2019
2020
2021
2023
2024
2025
Weighting 40%
1
67.7
Australia
2
65.8
Singapore
3
63.8
United States
4
+2
39.8
Japan
5
37.0
India
6
−2
36.2
Indonesia
7
34.3
Malaysia
8
+1
31.8
Pakistan
9
+4
30.0
Vietnam
10
−2
29.4
China
11
−1
29.0
—
New Zealand
12
28.7
Russia
13
+1
23.4
Cambodia
14
+2
22.0
Thailand
15
−4
21.4
South Korea
16
−1
21.3
Philippines
17
14.3
Bangladesh
18
11.5
Sri Lanka
19
+3
10.4
Laos
20
+1
10.1
—
Brunei
21
−2
9.3
Nepal
22
+2
8.3
North Korea
23
6.6
—
Taiwan
24
−4
6.1
Mongolia
25
+1
2.6
Myanmar
26
−1
0.7
Papua New Guinea
27
0.0
—
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Regional defence diplomacy
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Global defence partnerships
Diplomatic influence
Cultural influence