In recent years, under the banner of the "China threat," the United States has continued to form small circles around China to contain China. Trying to suppress China's development through alliances, so as to maintain its global hegemony.
And in the past two days, under the impetus of the United States, the Aukus Alliance issued a statement to admit Japan to this small circle. The Nissin Asia media has been blunt, and this is actually aimed at China.
The question, though, will the US conspiracy succeed?
The so-called Aukus Alliance, since its birth, has had a strong military color. The alliance, which is made up of the United States, Britain and Australia, was originally intended to allow Australia to have nuclear submarines as a way to strengthen its military presence in the Asia-Pacific region.
In my personal opinion, this alliance is even more important in the hearts of the United States than NATO. Why do you say that? Because NATO, to put it bluntly, is just a plate of scattered sand, and each member state, you have your thoughts, and I have my ideas; unless the United States puts pressure on it, or an opponent like the Soviet Union emerges again, it is basically impossible to unite as one and unite with the outside world.
But Aukus is different, the United States, Britain, and Australia are all English-speaking countries, ruled by the Anglo-Saxons, and have the same roots. Britain and Australia are both staunch supporters of the United States, Britain helps the United States look at Europe, Australia helps the United States look at the Indo-Pacific region, and there is a certain degree of rationality in the global layout. Therefore, the member states of AUKUS can communicate with each other, and even nuclear submarines can be shared.
And now, the United States wants to bring Japan in, although it is a "second pillar" expansion, but it is enough to see that the United States has sinister intentions.
What is the "second pillar"? To put it bluntly, it does not involve cooperation such as nuclear submarines, but lowers the threshold a little and cooperates in emerging technologies. For example, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, electronic warfare, hypersonic capabilities, etc.
On the one hand, the reason why the United States is eager to expand the AUKUS alliance is because of its anxiety about China's rise, and the United States fears that China's economic and military growth may threaten its leadership in the Asia-Pacific region and even the world. On the other hand, the United States also hopes to strengthen its influence in the Asia-Pacific region and ensure that its interests are not harmed by the establishment of such a small circle.
However, the United States may not realize that such a move may not only fail to strengthen the United States' ability to contain China, but on the contrary, it will also lay a big mine for the alliance and reduce the overall strength of the United States.
The most crucial point is that to join the "second pillar" of cooperation, it is necessary to achieve in-depth technology sharing and division of labor control. This means that technology and interests will be exploited by the United States. Just like the "Inflation Reduction Act" introduced by the United States before, the "second pillar" cooperation is more binding and ruthless than this.
In this way, the more the Aukus alliance expands, the greater the possibility of internal contradictions, and in the end, it will only consume a lot of energy to maintain the unity and stability of the alliance, and it will not achieve the effect of 1 plus 1 greater than 2. Therefore, this time, the United States has completely made a stupid move.