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The AUKUS stress test: Alliance pressures and Australia's strategic choices
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Australia and the United Kingdom put the AUKUS spin cycle on High

Michael Shoebridge

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AUKUS will be worth the work. China’s alarm shows why Trump should get onboard

Frank A. Rose

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An AUKUS ultimatum for Australia over Taiwan risks backfiring on Washington

Andrew O'Neil

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AUKUS: Building confidence in Australia’s submarine pathway

Jennifer Parker

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Allied burden-sharing must reshape Australia’s defence priorities

Arthur Sinodinos

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Why Albanese is echoing Curtin’s call to America

John Edwards

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Clock ticks towards Pentagon AUKUS review deadline

Sam Roggeveen

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Meeting Xi before Trump? Why Albanese’s diplomatic calendar matters

Daniel Flitton

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Australia can’t prevaricate on tough economic and security trade-offs anymore

Hugh Piper

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Australia-United States: How to disagree with a superpower

Ryan Neelam

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Does Australia see China as a threat?

Susannah Patton

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Transparency and the Australia-US alliance

David Vallance

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Albanese government cuts to the heart of the US alliance

Michael Shoebridge

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Albanese must learn that smiles and handshakes with Trump won’t save Australia’s AUKUS ambitions

John Lee
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The Myth of the Asian Century
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An Australia-Europe security agenda
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Re-invigorating Europe–Australia defence and security collaboration

Peter Tesch

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The shifting vectors of Australia–Europe collaboration

Michael Wesley

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Enhancing Australia–EU security cooperation

Matthew Sussex