Why is southeast Asia so concerned about AUKUS and Australia's plans for nuclear submarines?
- Written by: James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania
The announcement of a new strategic alliance between Australia, the US and UK (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 ASEAN members.
In particular,...