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AUKUS

Announced in September 2021, the Australia-UK-United States security agreement has two pillars. Pillar I will see Australia acquire conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines. Pillar II will drive trilateral cooperation on advanced technologies for national security including AI, hypersonic, quantum, undersea and cyber.

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Esther Soulard, a Senior Research Associate with the Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre

Esther Soulard

Senior Research Associate, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre

Tom Corben, a Research Fellow in the Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre

Tom Corben

Research Fellow, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre

Peter J. Dean

Professor Peter Dean

Senior Adviser for Defence StrategyUnited States Studies Centre

Dr Michael Jonathan Green, chief executive officer at the United States Studies Centre

Dr Michael J. Green

Chief Executive OfficerUnited States Studies Centre

Alice Nason

Alice Nason

Non-Resident Fellow, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre

Hayley Channer, the Director of the Economic Security Program with the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.

Hayley Channer

Director, Economic SecurityUnited States Studies Centre

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Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025

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‘A facility for them’: Labor says WA shipyard to be used by US for sub maintenance as it commits $12bn

14 September 2025

In the news byBruce Wolpe

A Banshee Jet 80 target drone is launched from the flight deck of HMS Prince of Wales as the Royal Navy explores the use of uncrewed technology on aircraft carriers.

Deepening Britain’s Integration into the American National Technology and Industrial Base

2 September 2025

Report bySophia Gaston

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Donald Trump’s Pentagon warns Anthony Albanese that he is not spending enough on defence and AUKUS

8 August 2025

In the news byDr Michael J. Green

American AUKUS review to take months

30 July 2025

In the news byDr Michael J. Green

United States Navy Virginia-class submarine USS Minnesota alongside Fleet Base West in Western Australia.

UK, Australia back embattled submarine deal with US

25 July 2025

In the news byTom Corben

n MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) is prepared for a training mission at Creech Air Force Base on November 17, 2015 in Indian Springs, Nevada. The Pentagon has plans to expand combat air patrols flights by remotely piloted aircraft by as much as 50 percent over the next few years to meet an increased need for surveillance, reconnaissance and lethal airstrikes in more areas around the world.

US MTCR reform and its implications for Australian industry and defence

22 July 2025

Brief byDr Christopher J. Watterson

USSC Briefing Room | AUKUS review, “Golden Dome” and defence spending: Australia and Trump’s defence policy

9 July 2025

Podcast byMari Koeck

US air force personnel

Why AUKUS Pillar II matters and how to strengthen It

20 June 2025

Interview byProfessor Peter Dean, Alice Nason

Trump, Hegseth, Vance, Waltz

'Division' in the Trump administration over the future of AUKUS

19 June 2025

Interview byJared Mondschein

Trump administration urges Australia to lift defence spending

3 June 2025

Interview byJared Mondschein

President Donald Trump disembarking from Air Force One at dusk.

Unpacking Trump 2.0

3 June 2025

US Ambassador to UK Warren Stephens

‘Alive and kicking’, what a high-powered event in London said about AUKUS

26 May 2025

In the news byProfessor Peter Dean