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Speaking of Asia Ep 6: Europe will not be torpedo-ed from Asia\\xa0
\\n47:54 mins
\\nSynopsis: Join The Straits Times\'s associate editor Ravi Velloor, in this series of podcasts as he distils his experience from four decades of covering the continent.
\\nIn this sixth episode, he has two special guests - the French ambassador to Singapore Marc Abensour and the newly arrived European Union ambassador, Iwona Piorko.
\\nThey discuss the recent Australian decision to drop a contract with France to build diesel electric submarines in Adelaide. Australia chose to go for nuclear powered submarines from either the United States or the United Kingdom and the three nations also announced a new security formation, called Aukus which is described as an Enhanced Trilateral Security Partnership.
\\nThe cancellation of the submarine contract greatly upset France, which withdrew its ambassadors to Washington and Canberra to show its displeasure. France\'s fellow European Union members in the European Union were taken aback, after they had released a major policy paper on the IndoPacific that deserves much more attention.
\\nAmbassador Abensour on the long-term French approach to the Indo-Pacific? (8:08)
\\nProduced by: Ravi Velloor (velloor@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Hadyu Rahim and Fa\'izah Sani
\\nEdited by: Hadyu Rahim & Fa\'izah Sani
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