It is not. It is one that would be controlled by autocrats, eventually, if they were to dominate the Indo-Pacific, and if Iran dominated activities in the region.
Lloyd Austin: “It is not. It is one that would be controlled by autocrats, eventually, if they were to dominate the Indo-Pacific, and…”
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Austin warns that dominance by China and Iran would threaten democracy.
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