# Paul Keating says Aukus locks Australia into a US war with China it would ‘certainly lose’

https://mins.news/en/item/63669

- The Guardian, 2026-09-18 04:06 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/18/paul-keating-aukus-locking-australia-into-us-china-war

> Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating says Aukus is binding Australia to any future US conflict with China, a war he believes America would “certainly lose”. He warns the US could retreat to San Diego afterward, leaving Australia exposed to Chinese retaliation, and says deeper military integration is shredding Australian sovereignty.

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