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

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

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The signing of AUKUS a little more than a year ago divided international opinion. Much of the criticism about the...

AUKUS Special Operations Forces in Strategic Competition, Integrated Deterrence, and Campaigning: Resistance to Malign Activities

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September 2023 On September 15, 2021, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States formed AUKUS, which is described as...

AUKUS Is Not the New Asian NATO, nor Even a Start at One

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September 2023 The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and the National Broadcasting Company’s (NBC) Meet the Press conducted...

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