Perspective : AUKUS - Geopolitical Impact

In this episode of the Perspective based on AUKUS: Geopolitical Impact. Recently a new trilateral security partnership was announced between Australia, the UK and the USA for the Indo Pacific. This new partnership is known as AUKUS and the major highlight of this arrangement is the sharing of US nuclear submarine technology with Australia. The first major initiative of AUKUS would be to deliver a nuclear-powered submarine fleet for Australia thereby giving it a nuclear heft in the Pacific where China has been particularly aggressive. Apart from this AUKUS will also involve the sharing of cyber capabilities and other undersea technologies. This alliance is considered to be most significant security arrangement between these three nations. Meanwhile, their European allies have not been happy about this new trilateral partnership. France has even ordered the recall of its ambassadors to Washington and Canberra. The European Union has also announced its own strategy to boost political and defense ties in the Indo-Pacific. US has meanwhile briefed India on this new trilateral pact AUKUS stressing it will not detract from either the bilateral cooperation with New Delhi or multilateral ones like QUAD.

Anchor:- Vishal Dahiya

Producer:- Amit Srivastav, Sagheer Ahmad

Guest Name:-

1. Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Foreign Affairs Editor, Hindustan Times,

2. Michael Shoebridge, Director, Defence, Strategy & National Security, ASPI, Australia