{"id":7602,"date":"2024-04-02T20:36:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T20:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=7602"},"modified":"2024-04-02T20:38:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T20:38:22","slug":"aukus-a-reflection-of-aseans-inability-to-cope-with-chinas-rising-assertiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=7602","title":{"rendered":"AUKUS: A reflection of ASEAN\u2019s inability to cope with China\u2019s rising assertiveness?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Authors: <\/b>William Choong & Ian Storey<\/span><\/p>

Affiliation: <\/b>ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute<\/span><\/p>

Organization\/Publisher: <\/b>ThinkChina<\/span><\/p>

Date\/Place: <\/b>October 20, 2021\/Singapore<\/span><\/p>

Type of Literature: <\/b>Article\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Word Count: <\/b>3137<\/span><\/p>

Link: <\/b>https:\/\/www.thinkchina.sg\/aukus-reflection-aseans-inability-cope-chinas-rising-assertiveness<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Keywords: <\/i><\/b>AUKUS, ASEAN, China, USA<\/span><\/i><\/p>

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The trilateral agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, called \u201cAUKUS\u201d, was claimed to deepen diplomatic and security defense in the Indo-Pacific and to meet the \u201cchallenges of the 21st century\u201d. This agreement, like other US-led initiatives in the region such as the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) and the Quadrilateral Security Grouping (the Quad) is meant to challenge Chinese military assertiveness and the imbalance of power in the region. The main concern of this agreement is that Australia will be provided with nuclear-powered submarines, which China has warned would trigger an arms race and undermine regional peace, stability, and nuclear non-proliferation efforts. Meanwhile, ASEAN members’ responses have varied. Malaysia and Indonesia stated their concerns about arms racing. On the other hand, Singapore, Vietnam, and the Philippines are accepting of the agreement. Thailand has remained silent. The author argues that this agreement also underscores the ASEAN\u2019s inability to overcome new changes in the geopolitical environment. Consequently, ASEAN has to now overcome two challenges: First, how to manage the two contesting blocs in the region for maintaining the balance of power; Second, how to unite and maintain relationships with its members in such fracture caused by two big power rivalries in the region.<\/span><\/p>

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