Broadly speaking, the pact is about getting their "nuclear war plans" aligned, which is spot on with the argument of my @CornellPress book amazon.com/Arguing-about-β¦
The creation of this pact is especially intriguing when considered alongside the failure of another possible pact: π¦πΊπ«π·
Overall, this is a major step towards the Biden administration creating it's "Alliance of Democracies" (a goal, coincidentally, it shared with the Trump Administration) thechicagocouncil.org/commentary-andβ¦
Exactly how "major" is the the step?
The below thread offers useful details on how the agreement will shape the integration of the three countries' defense industries (#PEofSecurity)
Final thought: What Biden said in the first tweet of this thread -- that allies are the greatest strength of the US -- is consistent with the argument found in @MiraRappHooper's recent book (but, again, don't say that to π«π· at the moment π€«).
Of course, I'm referring to the ongoing debate about the broader geopolitical implications of US withdrawing from Afghanistan (and how that withdraw has unfolded over the past few weeks).