The big news recently is that the US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, has declared that he wants to create a new ‘supply chain’ of democratic powers, including the G7 nations plus South Korea and Australia – in other words a ‘supply chain’ D10 grouping! He is quoted as saying “The technology competition between the US and China remains probably the place of greatest sustained and strategic friction. The single biggest thing the US and Australia can do, from a strategic perspective, is really to create effective, diverse, resilient supply chains when it comes to critical minerals that have huge implications for clean energy but also for our defence industrial base. We need concerted, co-ordinated policies to ensure that China cannot simply dump and drive alternatives out of business”. For the full news article, see here.
This is exciting news for us! It’s not quite what we have been pushing for, a global alliance of democracies, but it could be a long step in that direction. We must do what we can to get behind this initiative, and push! What can we do to advocate for creation of a new D10 institution, ideally a community?
