On Thursday, the United States, U.K. and Australia announced the formation of a security pact to counter China’s growing ambitions in the Indo-Pacific region.
Much of the coverage has centred on a deal that would see the U.S. sell Australia the technology to build nuclear-powered submarines.
But the pact covers far more than Aussie subs. It includes close co-operation on cyberintelligence, artificial intelligence, quantum computing and undersea surveillance. Since cyberspying and hacking are increasingly dangerous forms of state-to-state espionage, this three-way exchange is huge.
It’s also huge that Canada was not included — and it was no accident.
