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Indonesia, Australia Affirm Defense Ties Amid China Concerns

Posted by Ishaan Bates
June 21, 2023

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles met his Indonesian counterpart on Monday to deepen security ties amid China’s increasingly assertive activity in the Indo-Pacific...

AUKUS Alliance Creates Nuclear Proliferation Risks, Chinese Diplomat Says

Posted by Ishaan Bates
April 4, 2023

Wang Wenbin also noted that cooperation between the US, Australia and the UK marked the first transfer of energy reactors for nuclear-powered submarines and...

Aukus Submarine Deal: Is Conflict with China Getting Closer?

Posted by David Lee
April 3, 2023

China has reacted with predictable anger to this week’s official announcement of the so-called Aukus pact. The details, unveiled on Monday in San Diego,...

Paul Keating Labels Aukus Submarine Pact ‘Worst Deal in All History’ in Attack on Albanese Government

Posted by Giovani Logan
April 2, 2023

Paul Keating has labelled the $368bn Aukus nuclear submarine plan as the “worst deal in all history” and “the worst international decision” by a Labor government...

Pacific Heights: With AUKUS, Britain Finds New Place in The World at Last

Posted by Damarion Pope
April 1, 2023

Multi-decade military partnership with the US and Australia shows Britain now focused on the rise of China. SAN DIEGO — In 1958, America shared...

With AUKUS, Australia has Wedded Itself to a Risky US Policy on China – and Turned a Deaf Ear to The Region

Posted by Toby Watts
March 31, 2023

Much has been made of Australia’s renewed engagement with Asia and the Pacific since Labor came to power. Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s “charm offensive”...

Kremlin Says AUKUS Submarine Deal Raises Proliferation Questions

Posted by Alex Grant
March 30, 2023

MOSCOW — Russia said on Tuesday that a joint plan by the United States, Britain and Australia to create a new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines raised...

AUKUS Deal: Summit was Projection of Power and Collaborative Intent

Posted by Trystan Fleming
March 29, 2023

This was a projection of power and collaborative intent in images and words. Under warm early spring sunshine the message was clear. The imagery...

Australia’s Former Leader Calls AUKUS Nuclear Submarine Pact ‘Worst Deal in All History’

Posted by Aidan Hamilton
March 28, 2023

SYDNEY — Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on his nation’s plan to buy nuclear-powered submarines from the United States to modernize its fleet,...

China Condemns Trilateral AUKUS Nuclear-Powered Submarine Deal

Posted by Giovani Logan
March 27, 2023

SYDNEY — China’s Foreign Ministry has accused Australia of breaching global rules on the spread of nuclear weapons, following the announcement Monday of details of...

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