The crux of the AUKUS defense pact announced by the U.S., the U.K. and Australia is an arrangement that will give Canberra its first nuclear-powered submarines and boost the naval power of another American ally in the Pacific.
Top EU diplomat ‘regrets’ not being part of arrangement between Australia, UK and US, but says effect on relations with Washington should not be ‘dramatised’.
The newly announced military partnership between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia – the so-called AUKUS pact – is set to have unclear but likely far-reaching implications for the future strategic balance in Asia.
New Delhi and Canberra have had to bear the brunt of increasingly belligerent Chinese behavior in the Indo-Pacific, pushing their bilateral relationship to new heights.
Beijing said other countries’ patrols in the South China Sea were “provoking incidents” and “creating contradictions” as it rejected a German warship’s port call request.
One of Rodrigo Duterte’s central appeals back in 2016, when he was elected president, was that he didn’t hail from a dynasty. Yet Duterte is now angling to create his own dominion.
Secretary Blinken’s remarks were made as the Baltic state is facing increased pressure from Beijing following its decision to soon open reciprocal representative offices with Taiwan.
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, South Korea’s military said, raising regional tensions just days after the isolated nation said it tested a cruise missile.