Australia & Japan Are Seemingly Having Second Thoughts About The De Facto Asian NATO

Playing any role in a Sino-US war over Taiwan, even a logistical one, could provoke Chinese retaliation.

The Financial Times reported that US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby recently asked Australian and Japanese defense officials how their countries would respond to a war over Taiwan. He also asked them to boost defense spending after NATO just agreed to do so during its latest summit. Colby lent credence to this report by tweeting that he’s “focused on implementing the Pre...