Abstract
This chapter puts forward a number of key recommendations (and the reasoning process behind them) ahead of the December 2022 AUSMIN meeting on how Australia and the US should cooperate to deter conflict in the Taiwan Strait. These are:
1. Discuss ways to expand and institutionalise defence cooperation with Japan, particularly in the joint development of critical and emerging technologies (AUKUS Pillar 2), either trilaterally or via an AUKUS-plus-one arrangement. Improving U.S., Australian, and allied capabilities to respond effectively to Chinese military aggression is critical to changing Beijing’s calculations about the potential risks and costs of an attack on Taiwan.
2. Develop a common approach to working with other democratic countries and groupings—such as the D-10—to promote Taiwan’s membership or observer status in international organisations, depending on whether statehood is a requirement of membership. Doing so will counter Chinese efforts to shrink the international institutional space Taiwan is allowed to operate in and diplomatically complicate China’s attempts to seize the island.
1. Discuss ways to expand and institutionalise defence cooperation with Japan, particularly in the joint development of critical and emerging technologies (AUKUS Pillar 2), either trilaterally or via an AUKUS-plus-one arrangement. Improving U.S., Australian, and allied capabilities to respond effectively to Chinese military aggression is critical to changing Beijing’s calculations about the potential risks and costs of an attack on Taiwan.
2. Develop a common approach to working with other democratic countries and groupings—such as the D-10—to promote Taiwan’s membership or observer status in international organisations, depending on whether statehood is a requirement of membership. Doing so will counter Chinese efforts to shrink the international institutional space Taiwan is allowed to operate in and diplomatically complicate China’s attempts to seize the island.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Growing challenges, rising ambitions |
| Subtitle of host publication | AUSMIN 2022 and expanding U.S.-Australia cooperation |
| Editors | Charles Edel, Lam Tran |
| Place of Publication | Washington DC |
| Publisher | Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) |
| Pages | 18-20 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2022 |
Keywords
- Australia-US Relations
- AUSMIN
- Taiwan Strait