Checks and Balance: AUKUS ruckus - a podcast by The Economist

Occasionally, you can seebig shifts in foreign policyhappen right before your eyes. The unveiling of AUKUS, the trilateral defence pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, was one of those rare occasions. What doesAUKUStell us about America’s changing priorities?  

The Economist’s Daniel Franklin explains how the pact is aresponse to Chinese aggression. We go back to when a European crowd went wild for an American political star. And Paris bureau chief Sophie Pedder tells us how AUKUS may benefit French president Emmanuel Macron.  

John Prideaux hosts with Charlotte Howard and Jon Fasman.

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