The AUKUS Deal
In this new analytical series, experts and senior APLN members offer their assessments of the newly announced trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States (AUKUS).
AUKUS After San Diego: The real challenges and nuclear risks
John Gower argues that AUKUS does not pose a nuclear proliferation risk, but cautions against the US acquisition of SLCM-N which would undermine the deterrent value of AUKUS.
AUKUS and Risks of Submarine Proliferation: A preliminary assessment
Collin Koh, Research Fellow at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, argues that AUKUS isn't responsible for ...
The Gamble of AUKUS: Eroding the Rules of Nuclear Non-Proliferation?
Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States must ensure that their AUKUS nuclear-powered subs pact will conform to non-proliferation.
A Deeper Dive into AUKUS: Risks and Benefits for the Asia-Pacific
This special report on the AUKUS deal explores the potential risks, benefits and geopolitical implications of Australia's proposed nuclear submarine programme.
AUKUS from an Indian Perspective
APLN Board Member and Distinguished Fellow of the Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi, Dr Manpreet Sethi discusses the implications of the AUKUS deal for India.
An Underwater Nuclear Race: After Australia, South Korea may be next to take the plunge ...
APLN Policy Fellow Joel Ivre Petersson examines South Korea's quest for nuclear submarine and the risk of undermining the non-proliferation norm in the Asia Pacific, as a fallout of the AUKUS deal.
Nuclear Submarines: Mitigating the Proliferation Impacts
APLN Senior Associate Fellow John Tilemann argues that while AUKUS is compatible with IAEA nuclear safeguards, it distracts attention from other pressing issues like Iran and North Korea.
Implications of the AUKUS Deal
Senior APLN network members and experts assess the new US-Australia-UK deal offering a diversity of perspectives from across the Asia Pacific and beyond.
AUKUS raises questions and concerns in Southeast Asia
Mely Caballero-Anthony argues that AUKUS may undermine ASEAN states’s approach to an inclusive and stable order, as well as heightening nuclear security risks and major power rivalry in the region.
AUKUS Nuclear-Powered Submarine Deal – Non-proliferation Aspects
As part of the new APLN series analysing the new Australia-UK-US (AUKUS) deal, APLN member John Carlson delineates the non-proliferations aspects of the deal.