AUKUS: A significant submarine deal is part of the inevitable change

Tom McTague of the Atlantic argued that outside of French rage, we can see a slight reconfiguration of Western geopolitics, as the United States gives priority to confronting the perceived threat from China. “The Trump and Brexit earthquakes of 2016 – the year Australia signed its original submarine agreement with France – have led, unintentionally and circularly, to today’s world, where there is now a political consensus in the US, UK and Australia that Chinese power must to be detained, ” he wrote. “Together, ending the war in Afghanistan, turning against China and favoring the old EU Anglo-Alliances are big strategic moves.”