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The United States has launched a review of the AUKUS pact—a trilateral security arrangement between Australia, the United ...

There are mostly benefits in including France — the driving force behind the European Union’s growing outreach to Asia — in aspects of AUKUS, with the strongest benefit being a trans-European-Pacific ...

And French officials – angered that France now stands to lose the equivalent of $65 billion US dollars in an existing deal to provide Australia with conventional submarines – say the US showed ...

AUKUS highlighted the discrepancy between France’s strategic ambition in the Indo-Pacific – promoting “a third way” and acting to be a “balancing power” – and the limited military ...

While Britain’s special relationship with the United States remains the cornerstone of its defense strategy, U.S. President ...

Bonjour and bienvenue to a discussion on the state of UK-Franco relations amid this week’s state visit to Britain by Emmanuel ...

That leaves Albanese with a final option: purchasing LEU-fuelled submarines from France. Obviously, this path faces diplomatic challenges, since Albanese’s predecessor Scott Morrison violated France’s ...

Over Aukus deal, France took its time to process the affront Australia's surprise 2021 cancellation of the contract for the delivery of 12 French submarines, in favor of models from a partnership ...

Aukus could very well become an awkward Auk – but could the UK realistically offer enough for Australia to sustain the agreement? And if the whole thing falls apart and Australia is left without ...

The announcement of the trilateral security partnership between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia (commonly referred as AUKUS) in September last year put an end to the $90 billion ...

The AUKUS agreement reflects the increased attention that the US, UK and Australia are paying to the Indo-Pacific and their commitment to constraining China’s exercise of power in the region. What ...