Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Would a British-Japanese alliance grow into a Pacific NATO?

A revived Anglo-Japanese alliance need not expand into a Pacific equivalent of NATO.

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Question

Could a renewed Anglo-Japanese Alliance become the nucleus of a Pacific NATO?

Short answer

Probably not, because earlier regional arrangements such as SEATO proved difficult to make work.

Notes

The proposed British-Japanese agreement could strengthen links across the Pacific. Expanding it into a NATO-like organisation would be a separate and more difficult step. SEATO and other regional attempts provide the cautionary comparison. Their complexity leads to a negative assessment of a Pacific NATO emerging from this alliance.