AUKUS Provides More Opportunity Than Just Nukes

AUKUS Provides More Opportunity Than Just Nukes
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (L) and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (R) walk past a military honor guard as they walk inside for a meeting at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on Sept. 22, 2021. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Lincoln Parker
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Since World War II, there has not been a time Australia, the Indo-Pacific, and the free world has been at more risk than we are now as China is engaged in the most significant and most rapid expansion of military power in “peacetime” history, with the world’s largest navy, army, and a formidable missile and air force.

Lincoln Parker
Lincoln Parker
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Lincoln Parker has over 20 years experience in government, defence research and technology development. Based in Sydney, he chairs the Defence and National Security Policy Branch of the Liberal Party of Australia. Parker has worked for the Australian government, and at its consulates in San Francisco and New York. He later established the Victorian government's office in Washington D.C. with a focus on defence tech collaboration. He contributes regularly to domestic and international publications, and has appeared on Sky News Australia
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