On The Conversation Weekly podcast, defence and security analyst Hugh White explains why the AUKUS project has been anything but smooth sailing.
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All nuclear powers test missiles. Why do China’s tests provoke such a fierce response?
If billions are being invested to power submarines not homes, the public deserves to know.
Has the UK’s dependence on the US become a Faustian pact?
Many questions remain about AUKUS, but assuming it’s successful, it could give the US and its allies a significant military advantage in the long term.
In weighing up Australia’s interests, we must look beyond the critiques. The geopolitical circumstances and new technological advances point to the need to stay the course.
For decades, Australia has sold uranium – but said no to nuclear reactors. That’s set to change, whether in nuclear submarines or even in plans for power plants.
The 20-year timeline of Canada’s new defence policy, and the fact that several proposed investments will “be explored,” raises serious questions about its commitment to pull its weight in NATO.
Amid reports of a dip in US production of nuclear submarines and concerns about the future of the agreement under Donald Trump, some have questioned the viability of AUKUS. But they need not worry.
Civil nuclear energy maintains the skills and supply chains needed for nuclear subs and weapons.
In this podcast, Kim Beazley joins The Conversation to talk about the Albanese visit and the international situation.
AUKUS faces political challenges right now, and the next year may bring even deeper problems. Big-picture geopolitical realities suggest AUKUS will survive.
The loudest disagreements at this year’s ALP national conference are likely to be on foreign policy - the AUKUS deal prime among them.
Australians remain deeply concerned about China as a long term potential military threat
‘The risks of military escalation or miscalculation are rising’, according to the long-awaited report.
There’s nothing about the deal that locks Australia into actions future governments cannot withdraw from.
Successive governments have shied away from serious discussions about national security.
The Albanese government’s attempt to sell the AUKUS nuclear submarine plan as a job-creation program is bad economics.
Despite the bipartisanship over both the China threat and AUKUS, the views of experts are divided.
Nuclear submarines may offer protection – but they will leave us with a high-level nuclear waste headache
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Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Visiting Fellow, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex; University of Tartu; Utrecht University
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Professor of Science & Technology Policy, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Adjunct professor, Flinders University
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Emeritus Professor of Complex Systems Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Research fellow, Australian National University
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Associate professor, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, Foreign Policy and Defence Program, USSC, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford