The Biden Administration recently announced the creation of the AUKUS security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The most focused on provision of this deal is the assistance that the UK and US will provide to Australia when it comes to the construction and deployment of nuclear-powered submarines. This move is almost certainly a response to China’s ongoing revamping of their naval forces, and their hostile attitude towards Taiwan. Xi’s China intends to fully reunify with Taiwan, which is a not-so-subtle euphemism and almost certainly entails an aggressive invasion. China’s froth-mouthed response to this announcement was unsurprising, but worrying all the same.
An Indo-Pacific Game of Chicken
An Indo-Pacific Game of Chicken
An Indo-Pacific Game of Chicken
The Biden Administration recently announced the creation of the AUKUS security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The most focused on provision of this deal is the assistance that the UK and US will provide to Australia when it comes to the construction and deployment of nuclear-powered submarines. This move is almost certainly a response to China’s ongoing revamping of their naval forces, and their hostile attitude towards Taiwan. Xi’s China intends to fully reunify with Taiwan, which is a not-so-subtle euphemism and almost certainly entails an aggressive invasion. China’s froth-mouthed response to this announcement was unsurprising, but worrying all the same.