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The Pentagon is said to pressure the allies of India and the Pacific Pacific and Australia to clarify the roles they will play in war with China on Taiwan.
The Fi Financial Times first raised the issue of Elberbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s president, during recent meetings with Japanese and Australian defense officials.
While the United States has long urged the Hindu allies to increase defensive spending, as China has escalated its military activity around Taiwan, this payment for specific wartime obligations is a new development-and according to what was stated in foreign officials.
Australia has certainly responded that it will not commit forces before any conflict.
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Elberridge Colby, President of the Pentagon Policy, raised the question during recent meetings with Japanese and Australian defense officials, (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
“The decision to commit Australian forces to the conflict will be taken by the government today, and not introduction,” Defense Minister Pat Konrei told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. “We will not discuss the assumptions.”
Australia and the United States are currently leading a major joint exercise in Sydney with 30,000 soldiers from 19 countries.
Pentagon officials referred to NATO’s efforts to enhance spending on European defense as a model for what Asian allies should consider. Meanwhile, Colby advised the European allies to give priority to threats closer to the home rather than focusing on the Indian Pacific Ocean.
“Some people may not welcome our allies for Frank’s talks,” as Kulby posted on X in response to the report.
“But with the administration clarifying significantly and steadily, we focus at DOD on the implementation of the president’s agenda first, and the proper materials of restoring deterrence and achieving peace through strength. This includes urging the allies to intensify their defense spending and other efforts related to our collective defense.”
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The issue of allied obligations is complicated by the American strategic ambiguity policy, according to which Washington does not expressly state whether it will defend Taiwan if China invaded.
“As Minister Higseth said, the Ministry of Defense is focusing on preventing war, with a strong shield of deterrence,” said Sean Barnil, a Pentagon spokesman, on X in defending the Colippeist approach. “This requires strength – but it is a simple fact that our allies must also play their role. We do not seek war. What we do is to ensure that the United States and its allies have military power to ensure diplomacy and ensure peace.”
Former President Joe Biden has repeatedly said that the United States will defend Taiwan, only to White House employees, to return to that comments at a later time and insist that American policy has not changed.
President Donald Trump maintained the tradition of mystery, and he refused to publicly announce how he would respond. However, the new voice obtained by CNN revealed that Trump told the donors last year that he threatened both Russia and China with military power.

Japanese Defense Secretary General Nakatani and US Defense Minister Beit Higseth, an honor guard in Tokyo. The United States asked Japan to clarify how it will help in a possible conflict with China. (KIYOSHI OTA/Getty Images)
“With Putin, I said,” If you go to Ukraine, I will bomb [expletive] “From Moscow,” Trump said, “I tell you. I have no choice. And then [Putin] He goes, like, “I don’t believe you.” But they believe me 10 %. “
“I said the same thing [Xi]I said: “I said:” If you go to Taiwan, I will bomb [expletive] From Beijing. I said, I have no choice. I must bomb you. “
At other times, Trump criticized the cost of defending Taiwan and argued that the island should devote 10 % of its defense budget.
Wargaming simulations indicate that Japan will be the most important ally of the United States and Taiwan, because South Korea did not allow American forces to launch combat operations from its territory. Australia does not allow permanent foreign military bases, but the United States is working to expand its rotational presence in Australian facilities.
“Japan is always important, and when I say embarrassment, just as we cannot win the war without it,” said Mark Kansian, a defense expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which overlooks the legislators in China and Igams.
“Their forces are important, but our ability to use our bases in Japan is very important,” he said, adding that the other US bases in the Pacific, like Guam, were very far from working.
Taiwan performs live exercises with tanks made by the United States as the president looks

US Defense Minister Beit Higseth (PBUH) will meet with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles (L) in the Pentagon in February. Australia refused to say how it would respond to a possible war with China. (Getty Images)
Whether Japan allows the United States to mediate its wartime operations on its territory, it will be an important question that is confirmed in preparations for emergency capture in wartime.
The United States and Japan practiced the moving forces in the Japanese island of Ryukio, the closest of which is only 80 miles on the coast of Taiwan.
Colbey’s pushing for allied roles comes in the wake of the start of the AUKUS Security Agreement, which aims to provide Australia with nuclear powered submarines.
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The Pentagon recently defended Kulby after reports emerged that he temporarily stopped military aid to Ukraine – which was reflected by Trump quickly.
Under the AUKUS Agreement, Australia will buy many Virginia submarines in the early 1930s, while a new category of submarines will be developed by the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. Production in Australia is expected to start in the twenties of the twentieth century. However, the United States is already struggling to produce enough submarines of its navy.