Monday 20 September 2021

'Why is Southeast Asia so concerned about Aukus and Australia’s plans for nuclear submarines?'

 

The announcement of a new strategic alliance between Australia, the United States and Britain (Aukus) has caught many by surprise. Besides France,
which reacted with fury over Australia’s scrapping of a major submarine deal with a French company, few countries were as surprised as Australia’s neighbours to the north, the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).