2021年澳大利亚与美国的同盟关系在新冠肺炎疫情肆虐、中国综合实力增强的大环境下持续深化,两国政府积极合作拉拢国际盟友,以巩固澳美同盟的国际影响力。随着拜登政府“印太战略”逐渐清晰、澳大利亚积极跟随美国,各种形式的军事安全合作机制也不断升级,两国已将“印太地区”视为维护其战略利益的主战场。虽然澳美的部分行为产生不少争议,也导致传统盟友的不满,但两国合力维护美国在“印太地区”霸权地位的企图十分明确,导致中国周边战略环境的进一步复杂化。
<<Australia-U.S. Relations in the year of 2021 further deepened in backgrounds of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the continuous rise of China’s national power. The U.S. and Australian governments devoted numerous resources to strengthen their strategies ties with allies in Asia,Europe,and South Pacific. Even though controversies were aroused by Washington and Canberra’s unliteral decisions,new security initiatives to uphold America’s military predominance in the Indo-Pacific region were created. Such scenario may to a certain extent put more pressure on the Chinese government which aims to pursue a more favorable international environment.
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