No. 300: AUKUS: Below the Surface

Author(s): Niklas Masuhr, Névine Schepers
Series Editor(s): Benno Zogg, Julian Kamasa, Fabien Merz, Névine Schepers
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 300
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

The newly formed AUKUS partnership, a trilateral defense technology arrangement bringing together the US, the UK, and Australia, signals a shift in Washington’s regional posture. It seeks to close ranks with important allies, particularly vis-à-vis China, and illustrates the subordination of non-proliferation and diplomatic concerns to strategic utility.

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