China says  efforts to expand the AUKUS security pact will destabilize Asia and the Indo-Pacific. AUKUS, the security alliance formed by Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, is reaching out to other nations including Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and Canada. 

Would expansion of AUKUS bring regional instability? 

Joining the discussion: 

• Zongyuan Zoe Liu is Maurice R. Greenberg Fellow of China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
• Josef Gregory Mahoney is a Professor of Politics and International Relations, at East China Normal University.
• Brian Becker is the Director of the ANSWER Coalition and Host of “The Socialist Program” podcast on BreakThrough News. 
• Victor Gao is Chair Professor at Soochow University.

China's Foreign Ministry concerned over AUKUS plans for nuclear-powered submarine cooperation as it will only exacerbate an arms race in the Asia-Pacific region pic.twitter.com/gDTrrL5fhY

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#Gravitas | After Japan, Canada, and New Zealand, South Korea has expressed interest in joining AUKUS pact between the US, UK, and Australia.
Is an expansion of the trilateral strategic pact on the cards?@MollyGambhir brings you this report pic.twitter.com/eLVkBRK2WH

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