For me without the ASEAN onboard, The Pacific Pivot is Dead on Arrival.
From the 5 eyes to QUAD to AUKUS, my opinion it will be just the US and Australia. My suggestion IF I'm part of the CCP think tank, I will arm Indonesia to the teeth and make her richer. That will leave the US alone to confront China as the Aussies will be more concern on what happening on their backyard rather than involve themselves in any American misadventure, same with NK regarding SK and Japan.
That is how you play geopolitics, make trouble on your adversary backyard.![]()
Serious bro, ain't your president green lighting the deal to allow US Navy to set up new bases in Phillipines ?
