throwing fuel on the Indo-Pacific arms race
- Written by Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor's fellow, La Trobe University
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An accelerating arms race in the Indo-Pacific is all but guaranteed now that China finds itself a target of new security arrangements — AUKUS and the Quad — aimed at containing its power and influence.
This has the makings of a new great game in the region in which rival powers are no longer in the business of pretending...