US EditionNuclear submarine deal lurks below surface of Australian election
- In 2021, Australia partnered with the US and the UK through the AUKUS pact to collaborate on military technologies and enable Australia to obtain nuclear-powered submarines.
- The agreement aims to counterbalance China's military power but faces skepticism due to its high cost and declining Australian trust in US President Donald Trump.
- Australia plans to acquire at least three Virginia-class submarines from the US within 10 to 15 years and intends to manufacture more with American assistance.
- The submarine program could cost up to US$235 billion over 30 years, with only 36 percent of Australians trusting the US, down 20 points since 2024 according to an April poll.
- Both Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and challenger Peter Dutton support AUKUS, indicating strong bipartisan agreement despite public anxieties about Trump’s potential impact on the deal’s future.
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Will We See More Nuclear Proliferation? | by Joseph S. Nye, Jr. - Project Syndicate
By weakening US alliances, the Trump administration has weakened America’s extended deterrence, prompting more countries to consider whether they should have their own nuclear weapons. But the idea that further proliferation can itself be stabilizing rests on a foundation of faulty assumptions.
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Nuclear submarine deal lurks below surface of Australian election
A landmark security pact to overhaul Australia's navy with American muscle faces growing scepticism, stoked by its eyewatering cost and growing distrust of US President Donald Trump.
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