Official statements about AUKUS rarely mention the target. But a听United States defense official has confirmed that the nuclear-powered submarines would be used in 鈥渃ross-strait circumstances鈥. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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US bases in Asia-Pacific
Filipino socialist activist and Party of the Labouring Masses (PLM) chairperson Sonny Melencio speaks with Federico Fuentes about global imperialism and the Filipino left鈥檚 response to the threat of a US-China war.
The听Defence Strategic Review听doesn鈥檛 contain any surprises, argues Sam Wainwright. It abandons any pretence that military expenditure has anything to do with defence, conceding that it鈥檚 all about helping the United States project its military power into Asia.
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The Barack Obama administration鈥檚听鈥淧ivot to Asia鈥 鈥斕齮he military, economic and political strategy to deploy more than half the US Navy to the Pacific 鈥 is continuing apace. Reihana Mohideen argues it needs to be resisted.