Allied Integration: Australia, Japan, and South Korea as a Tech-Defense Powerhouse

Washington has actively encouraged this trend, recognising that if its key allies pool their expertise, Australian raw materials and innovation in fields like quantum tech, Japanese high-tech manufacturing and engineering, South Korean electronics and shi

Globe on grass

In the Indo-Pacific’s security and technology architecture, the U.S. alliance network has three linchpins: Australia, Japan, and South Korea. These advanced democracies are America’s closest allies in the region, and increasingly they are working not just with the U.S. but with each other, knitting together a tight web of cooperation that …