Defence

Will AUKUS help the SNP to a nuclear win?

Scotland’s independence-seeking government has reacted with muted curiosity to the unveiling of the AUKUS deal, writes Murray Ritchie. Ever since the 1960s when the US nuclear presence arrived on the Clyde the…

AUKUS: The French were not the only ones blindsided

Australian Labor Senator Kim Carr says Australians also need answers. For example, will the United States exercise control over how the submarines are built, as well as how they are ultimately deployed?…


Fear of China is at the heart of AUKUS

The new alliance is troubling political, military and strategic analysts who are concerned that it was put together at lightning speed with little consultation and in secret, writes Geoff Kitney from Canberra….