{"id":2017567,"date":"2023-08-30T23:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T03:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/japan-and-south-korea-should-join-aukus-uk-parliamentary-committee-says\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T23:58:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T03:58:04","slug":"japan-and-south-korea-should-join-aukus-uk-parliamentary-committee-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/japan-and-south-korea-should-join-aukus-uk-parliamentary-committee-says\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Parliamentary Committee Urges Japan and South Korea to Join AUKUS"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjapan-and-south-korea-should-join-aukus-uk-parliamentary-committee-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2017567&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>A proposal for Japan and \u2062South Korea\u2064 to join the\u2062 trilateral AUKUS alliance has been put forward by the UK Foreign Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n<p>In its report (<a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/publications\/41144\/documents\/201299\/default\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>) that \u2063was published on Aug. 30, the committee outlined a number of strategies to curb the growing challenges from an aggressive Beijing in the Indo-Pacific, including \u200bramping up the technological capabilities of AUKUS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAUKUS is not purely about Australia acquiring a fleet \u2062of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-u-k-to-help-australia-get-nuclear-submarines\/\" title=\"U.S., U.K. to help Australia get nuclear submarines\">nuclear-powered submarines<\/a>,\u201d<\/strong> the predominantly Conservative Party committee said in its report.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/aukus-alliance-the-beating-heart-of-the-free-world-us-congressman-5458773\">AUKUS Alliance the \u2018Beating Heart of the Free World\u2019: US Congressman<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/11\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/aukus-alliance-the-beating-heart-of-the-free-world-us-congressman-5458773\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/white-house-says-no-plans-to-invite-canada-to-aukus-a-concern-for-canadas-military-5327216\">White House Says No Plans to Invite\u2062 Canada to AUKUS, a Concern for Canada&#8217;s Military<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">6\/12\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/white-house-says-no-plans-to-invite-canada-to-aukus-a-concern-for-canadas-military-5327216\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere is \u200ca cyber\u200d and advanced technology sharing \u200dand \u2064joint development component that could be equally, if not more, significant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government should propose to Australia and the United States that Japan and South Korea be invited to join an AUKUS technological defence cooperation agreement focused on Strand B activities only.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s Department of Defence has \u200bbeen approached for comment.<\/p>\n<h2>Focusing\u200c on Tech, Not Nuclear<\/h2>\n<p>According to the proposal, the added alliance with Japan and South Korea would likely focus primarily on advanced technologies such as cyber \u2062AI, quantum,\u200c and underwater technologies, including submarine\u2062 detection.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee added that the addition of Japan and South Korea could deliver \u201ctangible outcomes\u201d faster than the submarine program \u2063and also provide the UK with economic, security, and technological benefits.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Foreign\u2064 Affairs Committee Chair Alicia Kearns MP said that increasing the UK\u2019s networks in \u200bthe Indo-Pacific could \u201ctemper\u2063 China\u2019s economic and political expansionism, \u200coffering a viable, democratic alternative to Indo-Pacific states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u200bIndo-Pacific is a vast and varied geopolitical region, home to\u2064 over half of the\u2064 world\u2019s population and \u2064set to continue to grow as a major economic powerhouse. The era of \u200cthe Indo-Pacific\u2064 is here,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/committee\/78\/foreign-affairs-committee\/news\/197226\/foreign-affairs-committee-reviews-governments-tilt-to-the-indopacific\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. \u200bKearns added that her Committee has for years advocated for the need to balance economic \u2064cooperation with caution in dealings with Beijing and has urged the UK government to place a \u201chigh priority\u201d in the Indo-Pacific while also maintaining its focus on the Euro-Atlantic\u200b region.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;AUKUS-Japan-ROK&#8217; \u2064Would Speed Up Innovation: US Navy Officer<\/h2>\n<p>According to Jasmin Alsaied, a U.S.\u2064 Navy surface \u200bwarfare officer and a fellow at the Middle East Institute, the inclusion of Tokyo and Seoul \u2063would provide an\u2062 \u201cintegrated deterrence \u200bposture\u201d that could alter the geopolitical landscape of the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAUKUS-Japan-ROK engagement would allow \u2062stakeholders to work toward\u200d shared goals against threats in the region by providing opportunities to use technology \u200cas\u200c a\u2062 deterrent to aggressors,\u201d Ms. Alsaied wrote in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/credit-card-companies-make-big-announcements-about-pornhub-following-horrifying-claims\/\" title=\"Credit Card Companies Make Big Announcements About Pornhub Following Horrifying Claims\">op-ed published<\/a>\u2064 by\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/asiatimes.com\/2023\/08\/japan-plus-south-korea-equals-aukus2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asia\u200c Times<\/a>, adding that there is an interest from \u201call parties\u201d to increase the \u200buse of advanced technologies \u2064in the\u200b Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, the AUKUS pact includes projects on \u2064undersea autonomous \u2064vehicles, AI systems, \u2063and the rapid integration\u200c of \u200ccommercial\u2062 technologies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoreover, both the ROK (Republic of Korea) and Japan have expressed interest in AI and\u200c autonomous projects and could help test and develop these platforms to solve warfighting needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Alsaied added that the additional technological input would achieve two outcomes: develop new defence\u2063 capabilities for Toyko, Seoul, and AUKUS, and \u2063allow\u2063 the testing and embedding of\u200b technologies that rely on rapid data\u2063 transfer and information sharing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis joint framework\u200d would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/japan-and-south-korea-should-join-aukus-uk-parliamentary-committee-says\/\" title=\"UK Parliamentary Committee Urges Japan and South Korea to Join AUKUS\">reinforce confidence-building \u200cmeasures<\/a> at a time when discussions \u2063of weapons and\u200c warfare tend to threaten stability,\u201d Ms. Alsaied wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be clear, AUKUS-Japan-ROK is a framework for engagement with\u200b Japan and the ROK that does not rely on nuclear\u200c technology-sharing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEngagements \u200bof\u200d this nature could also \u200dsupplement AUKUS\u2019 military aperture and provide a shared framework that uses soft\u2062 power \u2063tools to project stability in\u200d the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Committee Also Calls for\u200c the \u200bUK to Join the Quad<\/h2>\n<p>The Foreign Affairs Committee also urged\u2064 the\u2063 UK to try and join the Quadrilateral Security\u2062 Dialogue, or \u201cQuad,\u201d between Australia, India, Japan, and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The Quad is a working group\u2064 between the\u2062 four democratic countries that seeks to create a free \u200band open Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see advantage in working with the Quad to develop a\u2062 coordinated strategy covering the \u200dwhole Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUKUS alliance seeks to include Japan and South Korea, as proposed by UK Foreign Affairs Committee. Their report, released on Aug. 30, suggests various strategies to counter the rising threats posed by an assertive Beijing in the Indo-Pacific region, such as increasing military capabilities and strengthening regional partnerships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1769,"featured_media":2017568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2017567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1769"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2017567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2017568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2017567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2017567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2017567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}