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The Strategic Imperative of Critical Minerals in AUKUS

By Sarah Tzinieris

[July 2025] This article, "The Strategic Imperative of Critical Minerals in AUKUS" by Ansel Bayly & Dr Sarah Tzinieris, was...

Fortress AUKUS: order-engineering by exclusion in the Indo-Pacific

By Sarah Tzinieris

[June 2025] This article, "Fortress AUKUS: order-engineering by exclusion in the Indo-Pacific" by Sarah Tzinieris & Zeno Leoni, was originally...

To Exclude or Not to Exclude: AUKUS and Order-Engineering

By Zeno Leoni

[March 2023] Introduction While the delivery aspect of AUKUS – that is of nuclear-propelled submarines and advanced technological capabilities –...

AUKUS under Pressure: The Capacity Constraints that put a Dampener on Delivery

By Sarah Tzinieris

[March 2023] Introduction On 15 September 2021, the governments of Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom announced the...

Delivering AUKUS Success in challenging times

By Peter Jennings

[October 2022] At the launch of the new AUKUS partnership on 15 September 2021, it was clear that the leaders...

THE STRATEGIC INTERPLAY BETWEEN AUKUS, THE NPT, AND THE RULES-BASED INTERNATIONAL ORDER

By Shirley Scott

[September 2022] This commentary focuses on the first dimension of AUKUS: the plan for Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines in...

AUKUS and Cyber Capabilities: Alignment of Concepts, Definitions, Capabilities, Norms and Doctrine

By Sally Burt

[September 2022] As strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific intensifies, it challenges previously held assumptions about how to establish and maintain...

AUKUS Joint Continuing Professional Development in Military Ethics

By David Whetham

[September 2022] We (the authors, Deane-Peter Baker and David Whetham) are applied military ethicists. We have focused our careers on...

AUKUS Submarines: How we got here and why it matters

By Richard Dunley

[September 2022] The decision by Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) as part of the AUKUS agreement offers the potential...

AUKUS and the international rules-based order in the maritime domain

By Douglas Guilfoyle

[September 2022] Context: the role of the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific The idea of AUKUS began with the acquisition...

AUKUS and the Evolution of Special Operations for Great-Power Competition

By David Kilcullen

[September 2022] Introduction Special operations (SO) have emerged as an important area of quiet collaboration since the trilateral AUKUS pact...