WAR 22 June 2025 - As it stands there is no requirement for AUKUS partners to consult before a major military action - such as Trump bombing Iran. This was called for on 6 Feb 2025 by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
AUKUS and war powers: aligning decision-making for effective defence | The Strategist
WAR 22 June 2025 - War in Europe and the Middle East has stretched US military resources, leaving the Pacific wide open for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, at a time when China is running military games around the island. This, against a background of rising India-Pakistan tensions could put the world on track for world war across more than three fronts in at least Europe, the Middle East and the north-western Pacific. https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/america-attacking-iran-could-trigger-taiwan-conflict-20250620-p5m92r
WAR 22 June 2025 - Trump bombed three nuclear sites in Iran using B-2 bomb payloads overnight - Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan - effectively bypassing the US Congress in support of Israel and boasting the action was 'very successful'. The three sites are fuel enrichment sites with no evidence of having been used for nuclear weaponisation. There is no proof the US was under imminent threat and so critics have pointed out Trump's act was unconstitutional by bypassing US Congress. Iran's key allies include China, Russia and Pakistan, along with 21 Muslim majority nations, the Axis of Resistance.
WAR 21 June 2025 - Russian foreign policy expert, Fyodor Lukyanov, maintains that World War III has already begun, not as a sudden conflagration but as a series of destabilising breakouts. His commentary was before the LA riots and before Israel bombed Iran. Here is his latest where he looks back on the past 80 years and warns that we are dismantling the moral unity that achieved post WW2 peace. https://www.rt.com/news/617022-west-is-dismantling-foundations/