A genuine trilateral partnership with trusted and reliable allies will strengthen not diminish Australia’s security capabilities and ability to play a meaningful role in regional stability.
The formal unveiling of the AUKUS plan is still a few days away, but we are already seeing strong signs that it will constitute a genuine trilateral partnership.
If the blizzard of news reports detailing the plans is accurate, the Australian government and its US and British counterparts should be credited with a momentous defence, security and strategic outcome.
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Justin Bassi is the executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Alex Bristow is Deputy Director of Defence team the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
