and France back to their lowest point since the Iraq War. The country’s minister of European and foreign affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, called the decision a “ knife in the back.” Benjamin Haddad, from the Atlantic Council, in Washington, said it had set relations between the U.S. instead, forming a new “AUKUS” military alliance in the process. Then, last night, in a live three-way public announcement, Biden, Morrison, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed that the Australians would scrap their agreement with France to team up with Britain and the U.S. In March this year, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (or, “that fellow down under,” as Joe Biden referred to him), began talking with Washington about reversing its decision. The basics are these: In 2016, Australia struck a deal with France to buy a fleet of diesel-powered submarines, rejecting an Anglo-American alternative for nuclear-powered vessels. The United States, Britain, and Australia have announced what is in effect a new “Anglo” military alliance. A new world is beginning to take shape, even if it remains disguised in the clothes of the old.
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