The Anzus Treaty: Historical Significance, Arrival, Evolution

The Anzus Treaty 1
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The Anzus Treaty.
Historical Significance
This treaty was signed by Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America.
The main reason behind this was to safeguard these nations because an attack on one of
them meant that the others could be at risk. This, as a result, could endanger the safety and
peace of the three nations. As such, a pledge was made with the signatories pledging to act
so that they could deal with the common danger facing them. During this time, New Zealand
had a lot of confidence in Britain knowing that it was well positioned to protect its empires
in its region, (Gossman, 2018, 33). This confidence in Britain was however thwarted when
the Britons surrend3er to their rivals- the Japanese in Singapore. As such, this made New
Zealand vulnerable prompting it to look for alternative security measures or partners
elsewhere.
How it was arrived at
In the year 1945, the United Nations Charter was signed by 51 nations with the aim
of supporting themselves thus having collective security measures, (Fruhling, 2018, 200). To
replace Britain which was now seen as a weakling, New Zealand decided to join forces with
the United States which had dominance at the Pacific during that period. Japan was then
used as a tool to prevent the spread of communism beyond East Asia. Because of the threat
posed by Japan, Australia and New Zealand were worried hence the need to enter into a