{"id":1184156,"date":"2025-07-15T13:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1184156"},"modified":"2025-07-13T10:53:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T07:53:38","slug":"u-s-probing-allies-on-their-roles-in-potential-taiwan-conflict-financial-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/u-s-probing-allies-on-their-roles-in-potential-taiwan-conflict-financial-times\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Probing Allies on Their Roles in Potential Taiwan Conflict \u2013 Financial Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentagon officials are pressing allies like Japan and Australia to clarify what roles they would play in the event of a war between the United States and China over Taiwan, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/41e272e4-5b25-47ee-807c-2b57c1316fe4\">Financial Times<\/a><\/em> reports, citing five informed sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the report, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby has been raising the issue during meetings with defense officials in Japan and Australia over recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A U.S. Department of Defense official declined to comment directly but said that Colby\u2019s discussions with allies focused on \u201caccelerating and intensifying efforts to strengthen deterrence in a balanced and fair way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur focus is on preventing war through a strong deterrent shield,\u201d the official said. \u201cThat requires strength, but it&#8217;s also a simple fact that our allies must contribute as well. We do not seek war. We do not seek dominance over China. We are ensuring that the United States and its allies have the military power to support diplomacy and guarantee peace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan\u2019s Ministry of Defense responded that it is \u201cdifficult to answer a hypothetical question regarding a Taiwan contingency,\u201d adding that any actions would be taken \u201con an individual and specific basis in accordance with the constitution, international law, and domestic legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia\u2019s embassy in Washington declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As reported earlier, China has urged the United States to act with extreme caution on the Taiwan issue, calling it the \u201cmost critical red line\u201d in China-U.S. relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/france-and-britain-will-increase-expeditionary-troops-in-the-coalition-of-the-willing-to-50-thousand-people-macron\/\">France and Britain will increase expeditionary troops in the \u201cCoalition of the Willing\u201d to 50 thousand people, \u2013 Macron<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pentagon officials are pressing allies like Japan and Australia to clarify what &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1184157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,51,36415,54,50],"tags":[76,78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1184156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-europe-en","category-11473-news-en","category-usa-en","category-svit-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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