Three-sided Defense Alliance Aukus, at the head of which is the United States, Great Britain and Australia, is directed not only against China, but also against EU plans to build up its influence in the Indo-Pacific region, writes Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten.
On the background of the “Chinese threat” Aukus is essentially the manifestation of the Will US to maintain the dominant position in world politics. And the pact did not accidentally be concluded in September 2021, because then after the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, there were talk about a possible sunset of the United States.
In Europe and China, the news about the creation of a new alliance was perceived with discontent, but a number of countries in South and East Asia welcomed it, continues the publication. In particular, those states who see in a consecutive threat. As a response step, Beijing accepted indirect sanctions on products from Australia and Japan, and also held military exercises in the South China Sea and near Taiwan Island.
Experts are assessed by Aukus as a similarity of the “New Marine State Dream of Monroe” to curb China and the EU in the Indo-Pacific region. It is noted that Australia announced the scandalous rupture of a contract with France for the construction of a submarine just every other day after Brussels announced its strategy to increasing the impact in this region. This is a symbolic act of Australia and the United States, which everything is said. It remains to wait, whether China and the EU can oppose Aukus.