Military Multipolarity in the South China Sea

... Navy in the near future. Canberra is reviewing the issue of buying advanced non-nuclear submarines in Japan (if restrictions on the export of military products are lifted) or in one of the EU countries. In general, China finds the activity of the Royal Australian Navy in the South China Sea highly undesirable, while any counteraction is hampered by Canberra’s status as Washington’s ally. It is also possible that Manila’s confrontational stance, ranging from comparing China’s actions with those of Nazi ...