Australia's Defense Minister Richard Marles warned of a 'military build-up occurring at a rate unseen since World War II' and vowed to strengthen Australian defense during a speec in Washington, DC.
regional leaders gathered in Fiji Tuesday for the annual Pacific Islands Forum that the U.S. will open embassies in Tonga and Kiribati, appoint a U.S. envoy to the region, and reopen a Peace Corps program there.
"For the first time in decades we are thinking hard about the security of our strategic geography, the viability of our trade and supply routes, and above all the preservation of an inclusive regional order founded on rules agreed by all, not the coercive capabilities of a few," said Marles in his remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in D.C.
"For a three-ocean nation, the heart of deterrence is undersea capability. AUKUS will not only make Australia safer, it will make Australia a more potent and capable partner," Marles said.Marles' speech didn't mentioned China by name, though he did in later remarks, and focused on making a positive case for democratic partnerships rather than publicly lambasting Beijing.
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