Japan and Australia step up military partnership against China

After three decades of US-led wars, the outbreak of a third world war, which would be fought with nuclear weapons, is an imminent and concrete danger. Pompeo declared that ࢀœQuadࢀ collaboration was critical to protect against Beijingࢀ™s ࢀœexploitation, corruption, and coercion.ࢀ He named the South China Sea, along with the East China Sea, the Himalayas and the Taiwan Straits as examples of Chinaࢀ™s alleged aggression. The Japan-Australia RAA is the first such pact to be agreed by a Japanese government since the controversial Status of Forces Agreement signed with the United States 60 years ago. That agreement, widely opposed by…