AUKUS is a defence agreement among Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States designed to deter Chinese power in the Indo-Pacific region.
The agreement both reflects and reinforces larger strategic shifts in the region and beyond. It’s a long game, something the world should keep in mind as the two-year-old pact faces multiple political complications in U.S. Congress.
Dubbed “the most important security alliance America has forged in decades” by a Democratic congressman, AUKUS actually arose from an Australian idea to bring the three countries’ defence industries closer together.
