By Deng Rui
“美国、英国、澳大利亚‘三边安全伙伴关系’是冷战思维和狭隘地缘政治观念的产物，三国开展核潜艇合作堪称‘教科书级’核扩散案例，这是对《不扩散核武器条约》精神的践踏，对条约有关规定构成严峻挑战。”10月13日，中国特命全权裁军事务大使李松对此前美英澳三国共同宣布建立新的安全伙伴关系作出严正表态。
“The AUKUS pact among the United States, Britain and Australia, which will enable Australia to build nuclear-powered submarines with technology provided by the United States and Britain, is a ‘textbook case’ of nuclear proliferation based on the Cold War mentality and narrow-minded geopolitical calculation. It tramples upon the spirit of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and seriously challenges relevant provisions in the treaty.” Chinese Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs Li Songmade a solemn statement on October 13 about the announcement by the UK, Britain and Australia to form a new security partnership.
不久前，美英表示要向澳大利亚转让核技术，帮助澳海军建立核潜艇部队。此举透露出美聚焦“大国竞争”围堵遏制地区国家发展的险恶用心，将对地区局势稳定和全球核军控形势造成严重负面影响。
Recently, the US and Britain said they would transfer nuclear technology to Australia and help its navy build a nuclear submarine force. This reveals America’s sinister intention of curbing and containing the development of regional countries through the so-called “major-country competition” and will exert serious negative impacts on regional stability and global nuclear arms control.
折射美冷战思维阴魂不散。
The move reflects America’s stubborn Cold-War mentality
近年来，美国在中东地区战略收缩的同时，不断加大对印太地区的投入，妄图通过推进所谓“印太战略”遏制新兴大国的发展，确保美国的世界领导地位。长期以来，美国一方面对某些盟友拥有核武器视而不见，另一方面却对一些国家的民用核项目揪住不放。此次美对澳大利亚进行“核武装”，带有明显霸权主义和强权政治的特征，将给地区带来“新冷战”风险。
In recent years, the US has implemented strategic contraction in the Middle East while continuously increasing its input in the Indo-Pacific in the attempt to promote its so-called “Indo-Pacific strategy” to curb the rise of emerging major countries and cement America’s global leadership. For a long time, the US has turned a blind eye to the possession of nuclear weapons by some of its allies, but it is badgering other countries for their nuclear projects serving civilian purposes. America’s “nuclear armoring” of Australia this time is screaming hegemonism and power politics all over, and it will expose the region to the risk of a “new Cold War”.
破坏地区安全稳定。
The move undermines regional security and stability.
美英向澳大利亚出口高度敏感的核潜艇技术，将核出口作为地缘政治博弈的工具，是极其不负责任的行径，势必给地区安全稳定带来诸多不利因素。一方面，这一举动将打破印太地区军事平衡，甚至激化军备竞争，进而破坏地区和平与稳定。另一方面，澳大利亚此举也可能加剧与友邻国家的紧张关系，从而影响地区局势。印度尼西亚、马来西亚、新西兰等多个亚太国家纷纷对此表示担忧或反对。
It is an extremely irresponsible move for the US and the UK to export highly sensitive nuclear submarine technology to Australia and use nuclear export as a tool of geopolitical contention, which will cause many adverse effects on regional security and stability. On the one hand, the transfer of nuclear submarine technology will break the military balance in the Indo-Pacific region, even worsenan arms race, and consequently undermine regional peace and stability. On the other hand, the move may exacerbate the tension between Australia and its neighbors and therefore affect the regional situation. Several Asian-Pacific countries including Indonesia, Malaysia and New Zealand have expressed concerns or objections.
破坏全球核军控形势。
The move obstructs global nuclear arms control.
澳大利亚是《不扩散核武器条约》的无核武器缔约国和《南太平洋无核区条约》的缔约国，美英公然向其转让高度敏感的核潜艇技术，严重破坏和践踏了国际核不扩散机制。这种赤裸裸的核扩散行径，将对本来就岌岌可危的国际核军控形势产生更加不利的影响。美国这种“双重标准”的做法，加大了核材料和核技术扩散的风险，势必引起更多国家甚至是盟友的不满，产生不良示范效应，对既有国际秩序带来严重冲击。
Australia is a non-nuclear contracting party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of NuclearWeapons and a contracting party to the South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone Treaty. The US and Britain’s blatant transfer of highly sensitive nuclear submarine technology to it grossly contravenes and tramples on the international nuclear non-proliferation mechanisms. The stark act of nuclear proliferation will add fuel to the precarious situation of international nuclear arms control. America’s “double standards” increase the risk of the proliferation of nuclear materials and technology and will definitely arouse the dissatisfaction of more countries, even its allies. The bad demonstrative effect of this move will deal a heavy blow to the current international order.
