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AUKUS Succeeds, Except in Delivering Nuclear Subs to Australia

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AUKUS Succeeds, Except in Delivering Nuclear Subs to Australia
U.S. President Joe Biden (C) participates in a trilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (R) and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) during the AUKUS summit at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego Calif., on March 13, 2023. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
Gregory Copley
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The most significant strategic alliance created since the end of the Cold War—the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) security pact—is considering adding Japan to the framework. At the same time, the alliance’s initial pillar increasingly seems destined to fail.

Gregory Copley
Gregory Copley
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Gregory Copley is president of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and editor-in-chief of the “Defense & Foreign Affairs” series of publications. Born in Australia, Copley is an entrepreneur, writer, government adviser, defense publication editor, and Member of the Order of Australia. His latest and 37th book is “The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era.”
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