Shots across AUKUS bow throw PM off course in China
The geopolitical realities of an assertive China and managing the US alliance are more complicated than allowed for by those who dream of Australia going it alone.
Anthony Albanese’s six-day goodwill charm offensive in China had only just begun when it was thrown off course on Sunday by the fresh American shots across Australia’s AUKUS bows from far away in Washington.
As first reported by the Financial Times, the Pentagon is urging Japan and Australia to clarify what role they would play if the US and China went to war over Taiwan. The push for Tokyo and Canberra to declare their intentions is being led by Undersecretary of Defence for Policy Elbridge Colby, who oversees the Trump administration’s review of the AUKUS nuclear submarine agreement.
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