AUKUS enters its fifth year. How is the pact faring?
It has weathered two big political changes. What about Donald Trump’s return?
FOUR YEARS ago America, Australia and Britain sent shockwaves through the world of defence. The three allies, working for months in secret, hatched an audacious plan. Australia would cancel a deal to buy diesel-electric submarines from France. Instead it would build nuclear ones with the help of America and Britain in what would turn out to be the most ambitious defence project for a generation. How is it going?
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This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Ambitious but expensive”
Asia January 11th 2025
- Indonesia nearly has a monopoly on nickel. What next?
- Pakistan’s army puts a former intelligence chief on trial
- What a 472-year-old corpse reveals about India
- AUKUS enters its fifth year. How is the pact faring?
- Joe Biden’s mixed legacy on Japan
- By resisting arrest, South Korea’s president challenges democracy
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