Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin: “China is the only country with both the will and, increasingly, the power to reshape its region and the international order to suit its authoritarian preferences. . .So let me be clear — we’re not going to let that happen.”
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As Secretary Austin said, “Today, the Indo-Pacific is at the heart of American grand strategy.” And that strategy cannot succeed without defending the rules and alliances at stake in the South China Sea.
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https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/08/14/the-united-states-is-deeply-invested-in-the-south-china-sea/
