Australia nuclear submarines

Can Canberra learn from Taipei’s use of “special budgets” for defense procurements? 

The impact of AUKUS is likely to be profoundly consequential across a wider purview of government, policy, economic structure, and national identity.

The plan announced on Monday is ambitious, massively expensive, and laden with risk far exceeding anything Australia has attempted before. 

Prime Minister Albanese called the AUKUS deal “the biggest single investment in Australia’s defense capability in all of our history.”

Prime Minister Albanese is in India until March 11. After that, he will head to the U.S. in a trip that may provide more details about the AUKUS submarine deal.

From Indonesian concerns to possible overreliance on an unpredictable U.S., Australia’s nuclear submarine ambitions present plenty of challenges.

Insights from Trevor Taylor.

An EU official said the submarine row played a role in the decision to delay this month’s talks but insisted a deal was not ready to be sealed in any case

From specific details of the submarines to the larger implications for Australia’s military and regional strategy, there are lots of question marks.

Australia’s strategic location makes its deployment of SSNs a much greater asset to broader Western interests than if other U.S. allies did the same.

Up until September 15, French-Australian naval relations were burgeoning. Now that once-promising future is in doubt.