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Published: 23 October 2021
Edit: Ahmed Al-Kumy
The transformation of the United States and many European countries into Asia has fuelled tensions between the Indian and Pacific Oceans with the formation of the Okus
Military Alliance, a tripartite alliance of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, and some experts have begun to speculate that America's long-term ambition to dominate China in the region is finally taking shape.
Indonesia and Malaysia expressed serious reservations about Australia's acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines under the Tripartite Security Agreement, known as OKUS.
"Although this country does not have the capacity to produce nuclear weapons, we are concerned and concerned," the Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin bin Abdullah said at a joint press conference after a meeting with his Indonesian counterpart, Ritnu Marsudi.
After Australia explained last month that AUKUS was merely a technological collaboration to develop new defense capabilities, it illustrates the complexity of relations in Southeast Asia and the depth of the strategic fault lines in Canberra with ASEAN members.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) consists of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.