By Interaction Desk
In response to Quad and AUKUS, Russian and Chinese warships have encircled the American base in Japan to limit the mobility of US forces. It has happened after Russian President Valadimir Putin’s statement that China need not to attack Taiwan to occupy it. Meaning thereby that situation shall be so developed that Taiwan will fall in the lapse of China like a fruit from the tree. The first step has taken and more to come.
In response to Putin’s statement American President Joe Biden has committed himself that any attack on Taiwan USA will come to rescue. If one examines the statement of Putin it has the larger prospective and hidden strategic plan for China taking in to possession its island of Taiwan. On the other hand, the United States, UK, Japan, India, and Australia has formed Quad and then white race based AUKUS defense alliance between the United States, the United Kingdom. It seems that AUKUS is the second defense line of USA and third one will be NATO.
Here, the question arises if NATO exists to support USA’s design of primacy over world as UK and USA have ditched France in the sell agreement of Nuclear Powered Submarines to Australia. Nevertheless, the leaders of AUKUS and QUAD held several joint and one-on-one meetings in Washington. The stated outline of QUAD’s summit was to discuss the security and stability of the Indo-Pacific Region, climate change, and supply of COVID-19 vaccines to the Indo-Pacific poor nations.
When QUAD countries were meeting, the world was observing the anxiety of the US due to the rising power of China and the establishment of a growing block of China, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, and a few Muslim States of central Asia bordering with Afghanistan. The withdrawal of US & NATO forces in Afghanistan is a complete defeat to the US and her allies in Afghanistan by the Taliban once the friends of the US.
The formation of an alliance ‘QUAD’ between the United States, Japan, India, and Australia is not new to the world. It was founded in 2007 by the then Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe; the Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney; the Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard; and the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh. The alliance was also dubbed as ‘Asian NATO’ by European and some Asian countries, as the founding agenda of QUAD was to strengthen the Indo-Pacific defense power against the rising power of China.
In the official statement released from the Australian PM Office, Scott Morrison mentioned, ‘We also recognize that our shared futures will be written in the Indo-Pacific, and we will redouble our efforts to ensure that the Quad is a force for regional peace, stability, security, and prosperity.
Towards that end, we will continue to champion adherence to international law, particularly as reflected in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), to meet challenges to the maritime rules-based order, including in the East and South China Seas. We affirm our support to small island states, especially those in the Pacific, to enhance their economic and environmental resilience.
We will continue our assistance with Pacific Island countries on responses to the health and economic impacts of COVID-19 and on quality, sustainable infrastructure, as well as a partner to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change, which poses especially serious challenges for the Pacific.’
The Australian government is working against itself economically and the very existence of the continent of Australia by joining Quad an AUKUS as the world has changed and USA’s primacy over the world is in the process of evaporating. It is better to let an emerging power to emerge and join hands with China and Russia a better option for Australia Japan and India.
If these countries ponder they might reach to conclusion that China together with Russia and Pakistan are close to USA military power; rather in certain China has excel in Quantum Satellite and Hypersonic glided Vehicle and other new technologies. With the support of RUSSIA or better China and Russia together have become more powerful than USA militarily.