Tag: AUKUS

AUKUS Rocks the Boat in the Indo-Pacific, and it’s not Good News (Marc Julienne, IFRI)

For anyone who still harbored doubts, Washington made crystal clear from the announcement of the new trilateral alliance with Australia and the UK (AUKUS)...

Does the AUKUS submarine deal compromise Australia’s sovereignty? (Stephan Fruehling, The Strategist)

Australia’s decision to acquire nuclear-powered submarines—and the decisions by the UK and US to support that endeavour—is momentous. If we’re looking for reliable and...

Indo-Pacific Minilateralism: Did AUKUS Overshadow QUAD? (Roshan Khaniejo, The United Service Institution of India)

The emergence of AUKUS is being widely speculated as a moment of alliance power-shift in the Indo-pacific region. Theorizing whether or not Quad may...

Using AUKUS to Brazen it Out (Sarosh Bana, Vivekananda International Foundation)

The United States’ and the United Kingdom’s overtures to Australia to help it acquire a fleet of nuclear-powered general-purpose attack submarines (SSNs) infuse a...

AUKUS is deeper than just submarines (Arzan Tarapore, East Asia Forum)

Nuclear-powered submarines for Australia was the most eye-catching part of the announcement of ‘AUKUS’, the new trilateral security initiative joining Australia, the United Kingdom...

Should Russia Be Worried by the New AUKUS Alliance? (Andrey Kortunov, Carnegie Moscow Center)

The establishment of a new trilateral military and political alliance consisting of the United States, Australia, and the UK (AUKUS) and the corollary rupture...

AUKUS: Good Goals, Bad Implementation (Bradley Bowman, Mark Montgomery, Defense One)

Eyeing an increasingly formidable Chinese military, the United States needs all the help it can get in the Indo-Pacific. That was Washington’s primary motivation...

AUKUS: How not to win friends (Rakesh Sood, ORF)

Last week witnessed the aukward birth of a new security alliance — AUKUS — bringing together Australia, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US),...

India is not a bystander in the AUKUS saga (Abhijit Singh, ORF)

The announcement last week of AUKUS — a new security pact between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia — is making waves around the world. The...

Nuclear submarines increase Australia’s need for speed (Michael Shoebridge, The Strategist)

Image: US Department of Defense The world’s gotten more dangerous—and quickly. And while nuclear submarines from the new AUKUS partnership will give Australia a powerful long-term deterrent, this...

Far from breaking with the past, AUKUS advances Australia’s commitment to collective defence (Ashley Townshend, The Strategist)

Image: Department of Defence Canberra’s announcement that it will acquire nuclear-powered submarines through its new defence pact with London and Washington, AUKUS, has generated considerable scrutiny. The decision...

Why the AUKUS Submarine Deal Is Bad for Nonproliferation—And What to Do About It (James M. Acton, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

On Wednesday, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announced the formation of a new trilateral security partnership, AUKUS. Its first project will be “to...

What the U.S.-British-Australian Security Pact Means for Europe (Rosa Balfour, Carnegie Europe)

During the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, the complaint from some European NATO members of insufficient consultation by the U.S. administration may have come across...

The AUKUS deal has shaken the transatlantic alliance. What should the US and its allies do now? (Christopher Skaluba, John R. Deni, Barry Pavel,...

In recent weeks, the transatlantic alliance has endured several serious stress tests. First came the largely unilateral US decision to withdraw its forces from...

Decisions on new British-French cruise missile are left hanging after submarine row (Andrew Chuter, Defense News)

Progress on the development of a new cruise missile for the British and French militaries could become a victim in the row over the...

Australia’s nuclear submarines and AUKUS: The view from Jakarta (Natalie Sambhi, Brookings)

Last Thursday’s announcement of Australia’s plans to pursue nuclear-powered submarines and the launch of AUKUS — a new security grouping between Australia, the United Kingdom, and...