カテゴリー: Aukus
Lee Jae-myung aims to counter North Korea threats and pledges to restart stalled talks between Pyongyang and WashingtonSouth Korea’s ruling party presidential candidate said he will seek US support to build nuclear-powered submarines to better counter …
Questions mount about pact’s ultimate purpose and implications for other Asean countriesIt was initially seen as an audacious enlistment by Joe Biden of Australia into the 21st-century struggle against China, elevating the country in the process to a s…
The alliance between Britain, the US and Australia has divided the region and angered ChinaThe UK has invited south-east Asian nations to attend a G7 foreign ministers meeting in Liverpool next month, in a move that risks highlighting concerns that the…
Marise Payne says she regrets France’s ‘deep disappointment’, as tension with Indonesia over Aukus deal revealedGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAustralia’s foreign minister will meet with the French ambassador next week in an attem…
Aukus pact to obtain the high-tech vessels comes amid increasing tensions in the East and South China SeasMalaysia and Indonesia share strong reservations over Australia’s decision to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, even though nuclear weapons were…
New Zealand’s prime minister has essentially turned a blind eye to the pact – she knows taking the moral high ground leads to punishmentNew Zealand defence hawks reacted to the announcement of the anglophone security pact Aukus this month by complainin…
Biden will meet leaders of Australia, India and Japan as he builds a web of alliances to support democracy and deter authoritarianismJoe Biden will host the first in-person summit of the Quad countries – the US, India, Japan and Australia – at the Whit…
Activity more overt and reckless despite US, British and other political efforts to bring it to a haltChinese state-sponsored hacking is at record levels, western experts say, accusing Beijing of engaging in a form of low-level warfare that is escalati…
Analysis: Joe Biden has cleared the decks to focus on China. But how imminent is the danger?It may have been an inelegantly, even ineptly, executed pivot, gratuitously alienating key allies, but by leaving Afghanistan and forming the Australian, US and…
Analysis: Joe Biden has cleared the decks to focus on China. But how imminent is the danger?It may have been an inelegantly, even ineptly, executed pivot, gratuitously alienating key allies, but by leaving Afghanistan and forming the Australian, US and…
Jean-Pierre Thebault was angry about Aukus as he left Australia on Saturday night, saying: ‘It’s like in a couple, you know, when you commit … you don’t run away’Australia ‘regrets’ France’s recall of ambassadorGet our free news app; get our morning em…
As country’s traditional allies take a more confrontational approach to China, it could offset Anglosphere divide with new partnershipsDuring the announcement that America, the United Kingdom and Australia had formed a new Aukus defence pact – inaugura…
Australia and US pledge stronger ties, EU calls for trade deal and Johnson refuses to rule out getting involved in a conflict involving the islandChina’s president, Xi Jinping, has vowed to resist “interference from external forces” as Taiwan welcomed …
Australia’s defence minister says Aukus pact makes region safer and ‘no amount of propaganda can dismiss the facts’Australia has dismissed “outbursts” from China over its decision to develop nuclear-powered submarines and flagged plans for more US mili…