001 – 5 January 2022 The authors' views are their own and do not represent the official position of the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies of the S. [...] In the view of many regional observers, AUKUS is unquestionably a key piece of the broader countervailing response formulated by the US and its allies and partners against China’s growing power and influence in the Indo- Pacific. [...] Much like their reactions to the respective Indo-Pacific strategies of the Quad member countries (i.e., the US, Australia, Japan and India), the ASEAN countries’ reactions to the launch of AUKUS was a mix of mild interest and moderate anxiety: while it was tacitly welcomed by Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines as a potentially constructive contribution to the region’s peace and stability, Indo. [...] But perhaps more intriguing than the Vietnamese and Philippine dispositions is the fact that Singapore, a non-claimant in the South China Sea dispute, likewise welcomed the AUKUS arrangement in the expressed hope that it would contribute constructively to regional peace and stability and complement the regional architecture. [...] In a recent lecture delivered also to the Lowy Institute, Jake Sullivan, the US national security advisor, furnished an even more expansive view of the aims of AUKUS, which reportedly include the advancing of shared security and the deepening of technological, economic and climate cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.
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