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by hakka-nyu-su 2154 days ago
The military alliances of the United States in Asia are not part of NATO.
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ceejayoz 2154 days ago
That doesn't mean China can't see a benefit from chaos within NATO.

Australia may not be in NATO, but there's close coordination anyways.

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blaser-waffle 2154 days ago
Australia may not be in NATO but they're still British Commonwealth, and in communion with the UK and Canada (who are founding NATO members) as well as the US.

Pick a fight with Australia and the ANZUS Treaty comes into force, and if the ANAZACs are in a fight, the US and UK will almost certainly be involved.

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ceejayoz 2154 days ago
Right, that's the point. The Asia theatre alliances may not be NATO, but there's enough NATO involvement in them to functionally work the same way.

Nuke Japan? You've picked a fight with NATO. Invade Australia? Same deal.

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