USA to sell Nuclear Subs to Australia

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Note that India is still conspicuously absent from this "Indo-Pacific" Asian NATO bs. I wonder what it's going to take to really get the Quad together, it'll be hard to contain China without flanking them in South Asia.

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Given recent Chinese adventurism in Kashmir and the airtight alliance between China and Pakistan, I think India's diplomatic leanings are quite clear here.  

They aren't, and that's the problem. US support for Pakistan is a good barometer for this. The US has yet to declare Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism and withdraw support fully because despite the things you mentioned, India is still committed to non-alignment. Theoretically Pakistan should be China-aligned and US-aligned, but both are still up in the air right now because India has yet to break its traditional aversion to geopolitics. If it was that obvious, the Quad would be more than a "dialogue" by now. Granted, that's where relations are headed, and the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement was a big step in that direction. But the Cold War II map is still taking shape and to say that India is already a steadfast US ally is getting ahead of ourselves.

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Yeah, it seems like the New World Order is beginning to consolidate itself. With this giant humiliation of France in front of all the world stage to see, we can see that the trend is EU being more independent coallition while US will form an anti-China alliance with the Anglo countries.

Who would really win in a US - UK - Australia - Canada vs Germany - France - Russia - China?

The fly in the ointment for an independent Europe right now is Russia, unless they patch things up with either the US or Europe or collapse. Could see Russia seeking rapprochement with the US in this scenario if it comes under new leadership that looks to collaborate on interests in the Middle East and against China.

In an actual world war scenario, the Asian theater is the one that would be big, long, and brutal.