Sam Roggeveen
@samroggeveen.bsky.social
Director of the International Security Program, Lowy Institute. Author of "The Echidna Strategy: Australia's Search for Power and Peace" (Black Inc, 2023)
The tripartite AUKUS agreement exacerbates the threat to Australia without committing the United States to containing China, writes Sam Roggeveen in this week’s Foreign Policy Essay.
The United States and Australia’s AUKUS Delusion
The deal exacerbates the threat to Australia without committing the United States to containing China.
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For my first Bluesky post, a question for DPRK watchers: why is the US troop presence in ROK not a bigger feature of North Korea's nuclear diplomacy? Historically, DPRK has asked for aid, sanctions relief and US nuclear concessions. Troop withdrawals, not so much. Why?