Inflection EP17: AUKUS – US Plans for War with China

This week we discuss the roll out of “AUKUS” and how it fits into long-standing plans to encircle and contain China as well as set the stage for what US war planners call a limited conflict with China aimed at destroying its economy, setting it and Asia back decades, and ensuring Western hegemony for years to come.

References:

RAND Corporation – War with China: Thinking Through the Unthinkable (2016):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand…

US State Department, Office of the Historian – FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1964–1968, VOLUME III, VIETNAM, JUNE–DECEMBER 1965:
https://history.state.gov/historicald…

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace – What China Knows That We Don’t: The Case for a New Strategy of Containment (1997):
https://carnegieendowment.org/1997/01…

Foreign Affairs – Beijing’s American Hustle, by Matthew Pottinger:
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articl…

Guardian – Alliance with Australia and US a ‘downpayment on global Britain’:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/…

Global Times – AUKUS another hostile signal to China, worsens Asia-Pacific security:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/20210…

Harvard University’s Atlas of Economic Complexity – Australia Exports, 2019:
https://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/explore…

DefenseNews – New pact with the US and UK is set to sink Australia’s historic submarine buy from France:
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/…

France24 – France reimburses Russia for cancelled Mistral warship deal:
https://www.france24.com/en/20150805-…

Naval Technology – SSN Astute Class Nuclear Submarine:
https://www.naval-technology.com/proj…

Naval Technology – HII unveils newest Virginia-class attack submarine Montana:
https://www.naval-technology.com/news…

New York Times – Defending David Against the World’s Goliaths in International Court:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/16/wo…

New York Times – Taiwan, After Rejecting South China Sea Decision, Sends Patrol Ship:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/wo…

Republic of the Philippines, Department of Foreign Affairs – PHILIPPINES, CHINA CONVENE MECHANISM TO EASE TENSIONS, EXPLORE COOPERATION IN SOUTH CHINA SEA:
https://dfa.gov.ph/dfa-news/dfa-relea…

US Navy – 7th Fleet conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation (July 12, 2021):
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/New…

New York Times – U.K. and France Call in the Navy, Sort of, in Channel Islands Fishing Dispute:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/wo…

Voice of America – Indonesia, Malaysia Destroying Foreign Boats to Defend Maritime Claims (Archived 2017):
http://web.archive.org/web/2021021107…

Binh Duong News – Malaysian Navy seizes Vietnamese fishing boats:
http://baobinhduong.vn/en/malaysian-n…

Bangkok Post – 3 Malaysian trawlers seized near Satun:
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/…

Modern Diplomacy – The Strait of Malacca: China between Singapore and the United States:
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/11/24…

Forbes – Could The Indian Navy Strangle China’s Lifeline In The Malacca Strait?:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton…

Percent of Global GDP:
https://bradjballard.com/2016/05/01/p…