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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

He outlined a vision for Asean that includes involvement from non-claimant actors like Aukus and Quad partners, advocating for a more confrontational approach to the SCS situation. In contrast ...

In navigating a world that is now more fragmented than ever, countries have come together to form alliances. There are the ...

On November 7, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said she had a "great deal of confidence" Trump's re-election would not affect Aukus ... unlike some Southeast Asian countries that had ...

The Quad is not “NATO of the Indo-Pacific, this isn’t something that’s going to replace ASEAN” - US Embassy chargé d’affaires ... Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on AUKUS, speaking at ...