The conversations rumbling around Australia about nuclear power are a small victory for pro-nuclear advocacy. Long dormant, the nuclear debate, has recently reinvented itself for a new era. This time, it is to fix climate change. The win is only “small” because Australia is a long way from building and operating a nuclear power facility. … Read more
Indonesia and Australia are preparing to open a new chapter in their diplomatic relations. Shortly after the general election in Indonesia in February, the winner of the election, Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, met with Australia’s Defense Minister Richard Marles in Jakarta. During the meeting, the two leaders agreed to strengthen cooperation in the defense sector … Read more
Australia is set to provide 4.6 billion Australian dollars (US$3 billion) to British industry to support the construction of nuclear-powered submarines and ensure its new fleet arrives on time, the two countries said Friday. The announcement came a day after the two countries signed a defense and security pact to better meet challenges such as … Read more
“The first function of the nation is to protect, meaning defense, brothers.” So declared Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia’s minister of defense, in his opening statement to a presidential debate on January 7. The former general continued: “We understand our country is very large, very rich. For hundreds of years countries from far away came to this … Read more
Advertisement Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s state visit to the United States celebrated the alliance between the United States and Australia, which arguably has never been closer. Washington D.C. was bathed in beautiful autumnal weather for the four-day visit that commenced on October 25, yet all the pageantry, honors, and displays of personal warmth involved … Read more
Advertisement The question as to whether Japan and South Korea should be invited to join AUKUS, or a similar agreement based on the AUKUS model, has in recent weeks again been garnering attention. In late August a report from the United Kingdom’s Foreign Affairs Committee recommended to its Parliament that the two technology and defense … Read more
Trans-Pacific View | Diplomacy | Oceania If Australia and the United States genuinely desire a peaceful Pacific, they must be as enthusiastic about international development in the region as about security cooperation. Advertisement As China looms over foreign policy in Canberra and Washington, policymakers in each capital know the mutual benefits of military cooperation in the Pacific. While such … Read more
Advertisement As the AUKUS security pact marks its second birthday on September 15, questions continue to surround the agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Taking stock of the first two years of AUKUS and its impacts entails a wide-ranging survey of developments from the halls of power in Washington D.C., London, … Read more
Advertisement Intractable and longstanding U.S. regulatory challenges in the areas of export controls, foreign military sales, and national disclosure policy, if left unaddressed, threaten to block the planned AUKUS security partnership between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. The chronic inability to resolve these issues may very well doom the entire enterprise before … Read more
Advertisement Indonesia’s top diplomat warned Tuesday of the threat posed by nuclear weapons, saying that Southeast Asia is “one miscalculation away from apocalypse” and pressing for world powers to sign a treaty to keep the region free from such arms. Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi raised the alarm ahead of a two-day summit of the … Read more