It’s Premature To Jump To Conclusions About The Pentagon’s Review Of AUKUS
Andrew Korybko- It’s in the US’ enduring interests as policymakers on both sides of the aisle see it to maintain military pressure on China, and this likely won’t ever change.
The US is unlikely to exit AUKUS, even as a goodwill gesture to China in the context of Trump’s self-declared “total reset” in their ties, but it could curtail the number of nuclear-powered attack submarines that it gives Australia if it determines that the original pledge can’t be comfortably met.
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