Tag: AUKUS

Discord stirred up within NATO after AUKUS establishment – Russian diplomat (TASS)

The establishment of a new trilateral military partnership involving the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia (AUKUS) has stirred up discord within NATO...

Russian deputy UN envoy supports China’s concern on AUKUS’ nuclear threat (Global Times)

Russia supported the concerns voiced by China on AUKUS, the new tripartite defense alliance formed with the intention of intimidating China, at a recent...

Russia awaiting answers to questions regarding AUKUS – deputy envoy to UN (TASS)

Moscow expects to receive answers to its questions regarding the creation of a military partnership involving the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia...

AUKUS and Australia’s relations in the Pacific (Soli Middleby, Anna Powles, Joanne Wallis, East Asia Forum)

The announcement of the AUKUS trilateral security partnership with the United States and the United Kingdom on 16 September 2021 suggests that Australia has chosen its...

No AUKUS arms race in Southeast Asia (Collin Koh, East Asia Forum)

Regional states have much to say about the potential risks of AUKUS and Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine program. China and Russia both warn about the...

AUKUS adds fuel to the South China Sea dispute (Aristyo Rizka Darmawan, East Asia Forum)

It has been a difficult couple of years for Southeast Asia’s South China Sea-claimant countries. While they have been struggling to deal with vaccine...

The unintended consequences of the AUKUS deal (Lyle Goldstein, Defense News)

Washington and other allied capitals have been abuzz with talk of nuclear submarines since the surprise announcement of the new trilateral pact known as AUKUS in...

The ASEAN disunity over AUKUS (Gurjit Singh, ORF)

An emergency meeting of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers (AMM) on 15 October sought to restore order in its ranks. It focused on the recalcitrance of Myanmar...

Australia can count on Vietnam to support AUKUS (Hai Hong Nguyen, The Strategist)

That only a handful of people in Canberra knew that the AUKUS pact was being negotiated is a minor concern for those living on China’s borders. Any...

Making the shift to nuclear-powered submarines: safety first (Peter Briggs, The Strategist)

The agreement for Australia to acquire nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) is the most significant part of the recent AUKUS announcement. The offer of assistance from...

It’s Not About Submarines. It’s about Software (Nicole Camarillo, Oliver Lewis, Defense One)

The Australia-United Kingdom-United States, or AUKUS, security partnership is about much more than submarines. It is a down payment on an even more momentous commitment...

“Strategic autonomy” is more dangerous for Europe than AUKUS (Benjamin Tallis, The Interpreter)

An article this week in The Interpreter argued that, in the wake of AUKUS, Europeans should embrace the decline of NATO, “break free” of reliance on the US...

China warns against AUKUS, to make meetings routine with Pacific island countries, enhancing ties to higher level (Deng Xiaoci, Global Times)

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned of nuclear spill from the tripartite alliance AUKUS, during a meeting with foreign ministers of...

Afghanistan, AUKUS and European Strategic Autonomy (Pol Morillas, CIDOB)

Security and defence are increasingly grabbing the spotlight in European public debates. In just a few weeks, the withdrawal of Western forces from Afghanistan...

Accordo AUKUS: il ruolo della tecnologia nella geopolitica del futuro (Andrea Strippoli Lanternini, Agenda Digitale)

Le nuove tecnologie sono al centro delle politiche delle potenze mondiali per il prossimo futuro: l’accordo AUKUS, di fatto, dimostra come per vincere le...

Why Indonesia should embrace AUKUS (Arrizal Jaknanihan, East Asia Forum)

The announcement of AUKUS — a trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States — sparked concern over escalating rivalry...