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Subcommittee hears bipartisan calls to deepen alliances, accelerate defense industrial cooperation in Indo‑Pacific
Summary
Witnesses advised the committee to sustain trilateral and Quad diplomacy, expand AUKUS cooperation, and pursue defense-industrial and energy partnerships with allies to deter Chinese and North Korean threats; members pressed for concrete, rapid wins in co-development and production.
Chairwoman Sharon Kim framed the hearing as an evaluation of U.S. strategy in East Asia and the Pacific and an opportunity to identify steps "to strengthen our engagement in the region."
Nut graf: Across party lines, members and witnesses urged the next administration to deepen alliances with Japan, South Korea, Australia and the Philippines, scale co-development of defense systems with partners and produce quick, demonstrable outcomes under AUKUS pillar 2 and allied industrial projects to restore deterrence.
Witness Jack Cooper laid out five ideas for allied cooperation: an allied defense arsenal for co-production of munitions and autonomous systems;…
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