Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was on the front foot ahead of this week’s Quad summit, reportedly warning host Japan to “not pull others’ chestnuts out of the fire”.
It’s a comment symbolic of a China threatened by the growing number of hybrid alliances and security partnerships popping up between states it seeks to influence.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has strengthened the unity of not only US-EU security co-operation but enlarged co-operation to include Japan, South Korea and Australia.
