AUKUS needs its own visa. The security partnership’s Pillar One needs a smooth path for workers to move between member countries to help fill skills shortages that are impeding the effort to build and operate …
The United States’ 2026 National Defense Strategy may give Australia the impetus for accelerating its shift towards industrial sovereignty and deeper strategic economic integration with the US. But this requires more than policy alignment; it …
As with 2025, early 2026 sees AUKUS Pillar One, Australia’s plan to acquire a nuclear-powered submarine capability, back in the headlines. This time the focus is claims by a former Royal Navy admiral and former …
Seoul should treat AUKUS less as a model to copy and more as a cautionary guide as it shapes the terms of Washington’s support for the South Korea’s own nuclear-powered submarine program. South Korea’s deal …
In a blizzard of pre-holidays defence diplomacy, Defence Minister Richard Marles has, in his own words, been ‘doubling down on friends’. His weekend sprint to Tokyo to meet Japan’s new defence minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, was …




