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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...

What AUKUS means to Britain: Appraising the Benefits and Challenges in an Election Year

By Sarah Tzinieris

[April 2024] In March 2024, British premier Rishi Sunak declared a “national endeavour” with a new fund to “secure the...

AUKUS and the Potential for a Disruptive Maritime Power

By Andrew Taylor

[June 2023] In April 2023, the Australian government released its Defence Strategic Review, setting out a vision for reforming the...

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...

AUKUS and the maritime foundations of national security in Europe and the Indo-Pacific

By Alessio Patalano

[October 2022] The signing of AUKUS a little more than a year ago divided international opinion. Much of the criticism...

AUKUS and the Rules Based International Order

By Geoffrey Chapman

[September 2022] On September 15, 2021, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announced a wide-ranging technology-sharing partnership agreement...

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, NATO, and Euro-Atlantic Security Post-Ukraine

By Lawrence Freedman

[September 2022] The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 was one of those punctuation points in history, like the...