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The Strategic Imperative of Critical Minerals in AUKUS

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

Cyber to Soil: How America’s Food System Became a Battlespace

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[July 2025] This article, "Cyber to Soil: How America’s Food System Became a Battlespace" by Alicia Ellis, Sarah Shoer, &...

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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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

Walking and Chewing Bubble Gum: How the Joint Force can Partner for Success in a Multipolar World

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[October 2022] Abstract China’s One Belt One Road, “digital iron curtain,” and grey zone activities have contributed to what the...

Some Awkward Truths about AUKUS

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[October 2022] The AUKUS deal was signed in September 2021 and subsequently evaluated by pundits and experts worldwide almost entirely...

Toward an AUKUS-era research and engineering strategy

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[October 2022] The year-old trilateral security partnership among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States—AUKUS for short—has the potential...

Delivering AUKUS Success in challenging times

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

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

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

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