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Emerging Voices Series: Why AUKUS Must Win the Information Contest in Southeast Asia

By Peggy-Jean Allin

[June 2026] Last year, the second Trump administration backed AUKUS “full steam ahead”. While that secures the pact for now,...

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 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...

Some Awkward Truths about AUKUS

By Candace Rondeaux

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

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 Pacific Grand Strategy: A View From Washington

By James Stavridis

[September 2022] The new trilateral security partnership formed by Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States adds a significant...