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Aukus could weaken China deterrence, US congress research paper suggests

New report airs arguments for and against nuclear-powered submarine sale to Australia

The Guardian - AU

Foreign policy has been missing from NZ's election campaign – voters deserve answers to these big questions

Tax cuts, crime, the cost of living, potholes and co-governance … these and various other issues are now familiar to most voters. But there has been one major election area missing the serious debate it needs: foreign policy.

The Conversation

‘Baby steps’ for ASEAN as it wraps up first-ever joint military drills

The exercise focused on humanitarian relief as the regional grouping makes tentative steps towards military cooperation.

Al Jazeera

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In 10 years Australia went from Abbott to Albanese – but how much has really changed?

In the decade since I began this Guardian column much about Australian politics has made me despair – and yet there are still reasons to hope

The Guardian - AU

The Australia-US alliance has long gone unchallenged. The delegation to free Julian Assange changes that

The Australian politicians pushing for Assange’s release represents a rare crack in the wall of bipartisan support for the sacrosanct alliance

The Guardian - AU

Air and sea boost in government's defence sights

The federal government is seeking to bolster the workforce ahead of acquiring nuclear-powered submarines, while also improving air surveillance.

AAP

Why AUKUS is here to stay, despite looming roadblocks

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 Conversation

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Australia to toughen restrictions on ex-service personnel who would train foreign militaries

The Australian government is proposing tougher restrictions on former defense military personnel who want to train foreign militaries as the nation prepares to share nuclear secrets with the United States and Britain

The Independent UK

The legacy of Marise Payne should give Penny Wong pause

Good foreign affairs ministers have vision, assertiveness and the courage to act in the nation’s best interests. How did Marise Payne fare?

Crikey

New Zealand’s strategic priority in the Indo-Pacific is not AUKUS – it's helping to defeat Russia in Ukraine

The debate in New Zealand over whether to join “pillar two” of the AUKUS security partnership threatens to overshadow a more important foreign policy challenge: how the country’s allies in the Indo-Pacific region are responding to the war in Ukraine.

The Conversation

For Labor, AUKUS could trigger a warning shot from Chinese-Australian voters

When Labor and the Liberals share similar strategies regarding China and national defence, why should Chinese-Australian voters stay loyal?

Crikey

Albanese’s China trip suggests a smoother relationship rather than a cosy one

A key calculation of the Australian PM’s team is that dialogue is of value, even if both sides agree to disagree

The Guardian - AU

‘No submarines available’: Troubling AUKUS questions raised by US Congress report

A congressional report has proposed America could maintain control over all nuclear submarines under the AUKUS arrangement with Australia.

Crikey

The other Red Alert: the failure of US capitalism is the terrifying AUKUS story you don’t read about

An AUKUS power player has made the claim that unchecked greed has sapped American power. Australia will be paying the price.

Crikey

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Crikey

Fraud, deception and missed targets: inside the shambles of the AUKUS submarines

The US Virginia-class nuclear submarine program has been beset by countless issues. Is Australia set to inherit expensive lemons?

Crikey

Qantas has tickets on itself

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is going after Qantas for allegedly selling tickets on thousands of flights it had already cancelled, and the Greens and Labor are now fighting a ‘super war’ over paid parental leave.

Crikey

AUKUS is propelled by myths and secrets. It’s time they were busted

The narrative surrounding AUKUS has been a triumph of spin. Yet behind the marketing lies a vastly different reality.

The Guardian - UK

Isolating China would be a mistake, says UK foreign secretary

On trip to Beijing, James Cleverly says Britain is ‘clear-eyed’ about its disagreements with world’s second largest economy

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The Guardian - AU

Japan and South Korea should be invited to join Aukus, UK parliamentary committee says

Influential UK foreign affairs select committee recommends Japan and South Korea join the security partnership to develop critical technology

Crikey

Unguided missile Richard Marles again demonstrates his poor judgment

In a role once occupied by Labor giants, Richard Marles has stood out for all the wrong reasons in the Albanese government.

Crikey

‘A Morrison glove puppet’: Labor must nuke AUKUS and its bleak future

Labor hasn’t lived up to the promise of the ethical, honest and energetic government Australia voted for, Crikey readers say.

The Conversation

Talk of a new Cold War is overheated – but NZ faces complex challenges in the era of ‘strategic competition’

As the general election nears, the campaign focus so far has been almost exclusively on domestic issues. And yet, over the past two months, no fewer than five government documents have been released outlining the significant defence and security challenges the country now faces.

Crikey

A faction too much friction: anti-AUKUS forces drowned out by Marles’ manifesto

The remaining progressive and left forces within the ALP have been pretty much blown out of the water by the nuclear subs deal.

The Conversation

The defence dilemma facing NZ's next government: stay independent or join 'pillar 2' of AUKUS?

Strategy, as the great military thinker Carl von Clausewitz once observed, is the process of effectively applying means to achieve clearly defined ends. But good strategy in global politics has proved easier said than done.

Crikey

‘Maximum AUKUS’: Labor gets its war on, as social democracy slips beneath the waves

AUKUS commits us to the US’ war with China, while the submarine deal drains our capacity to build a better society.

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