AUKUS may stimulate an arms race in the Asia-Pacific region by forcing others to bolster their own armed forces. Moreover, ASEAN countries lack a military force capable of counterbalancing AUKUS.

While some analysts believe the alliance remains strong, others fear Trump's transactional approach could lead to instability ...

Positioned on the outside of AUKUS, but with friendly ties will all countries involved, Japan can reassure ASEAN about the new pact. A consensus statement on the new partnership would be the ...

This activity may impact the union and harmony of ASEAN member ... s attempts to use AUKUS mechanisms to create a fleet of nuclear submarines which, in his opinion, "may affect the preservation ...

AUKUS and Quad. "All of this follows the line of eroding the universal formats in the Asia-Pacific Region which existed for the past decades under the auspices of ASEAN," he noted. The minister ...

he said the participation by any Asean nation in AUKUS could see a scramble by the others to do the same and leave the region divided between the US and China. Instead he suggested that a better ...

Positioned on the outside of AUKUS, but with friendly ties will all countries involved, Japan can reassure ASEAN about the new pact. In light of China’s growing maritime assertiveness ...

AUSTRALIA’S moniker of “deputy sheriff” is back in circulation again with last week’s announcement of the Aukus trilateral military alliance involving the United States, the United Kingdom ...

But ASEAN centrality is a chimera when it comes to the now white-hot contest for power and influence. The new trilateral partnership involving the U.S., the U.K., and Australia known as AUKUS is a ...

Association of Southeast Asian Nations member-countries have partnered with the Philippine Air Force to deliver disaster relief to communities affected by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine. According to ...