Aligning commercial technology with AUKUS Pillar II

The Australian and US Governments must focus on becoming more attractive customers to industry by strengthening the economic incentives for the defence market to participate in AUKUS pillar II.

In defence of AUKUS

Those who value AUKUS recognise that Australia can thrive with our sovereignty, strategic choices and economic freedom intact, but only if we remain ambitious.

A shared vision for Australian security

Can Australia’s Defence Strategic Review build a narrative about our country’s security and defence that the public will get behind?

AUKUS empowers a wider regional role

The AUKUS agreement could encourage Australia to review its ‘middle power’ mentality and step up as a regional leader to help its Pacific neighbours thwart the pervasive threat of grey-zone warfare.

AUKUS and Australia’s relations in the Pacific

The new AUKUS defence agreements will boost Australia’s security, but may not reassure Pacific Island nations looking to China for finance and the world for action on climate change.

Collaboration not captivity

AUKUS does not make Australia captive to a foreign agenda. Instead, it opens doors to enhanced collaboration that will build collective capability and resilience, enhancing Australia’s ability to partner with like-minded nations to deter threats and contribute to stability and security in the Indo-Pacific.

AUKUS should reset Australian strategy

The announcement of the AUKUS agreement is the most important development in Australian defence policy since the signing of the ANZUS Treaty in 1951 and will lead to a radical reshaping of our role in the Indo-Pacific region.

AUKUS sets a clear direction for Australia’s defence

AUKUS is the best thing to have happened in years to give Xi pause in his international risk-taking. The stronger AUKUS is, for example, the less likely he will risk war with an attack on Taiwan.

Australia signs up to the Anglosphere

The new submarine agreement is a big Australian bet on the future of the United States, and at a more uncertain time in American politics than at almost any point in the history of the alliance.

AUKUS move welcomed by the UNSW Defence Research Institute

The AUKUS partnership puts Australia in a uniquely strengthened position, says UNSW defence expert Paul Maddison.