United States of War: How AUKUS Nuclear Submarine Deal Could Inflame Tension, Provoke War with China – Democracy Now!

Guests – [David Vine] professor of anthropology at American University. Links – [David Vine on Twitter] – ["Not just about subs, AUKUS expands US military footprint in Australia, too"] – ["The United States of War: A Global History of America’s Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State"] Criticism is growing of AUKUS, a new trilateral military partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States that the countries say is needed to counter China's growing power in the Indo-Pacific region. As part of the agreement, the U.S. has agreed to help Australia build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines,…