Ideas & Society Program in partnership with La Trobe Asia: AUKUS and Australia's Future
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Ideas & Society Program in partnership with La Trobe Asia: AUKUS and Australia's Future- Date:
- Tuesday 16 July 2024 05:00 pm until Tuesday 16 July 2024 06:30 pm (Add to calendar)
- Contact:
- University Events
events@latrobe.edu.au - Presented by:
- Ideas & Society Program in partnership with La Trobe Asia
- Type of Event:
- Alumni; Community Event; Public Lecture; Public
- Cost:
- Free to register
On September 15 2021 Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the agreement of both the US and the UK to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines.
Following its election in 2022 the government of Anthony Albanese made clear that that AUKUS was supported by Labor. Is there now any significant difference between the defence policies of the Coalition and Labor?
What exactly are the motives of the three governments involved in the AUKUS agreement--the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia?
How likely is it that Australia will in fact be supplied with the nuclear-powered submarines in the terms and in the time line specified in the AUKUS agreement?
Is it accurate to describe AUKUS as a part of a United States-led "containment" strategy in the Indo-Pacific that is aimed against China?
Given the nature of the AUKUS agreement, is it now inevitable that if there is war between the USA and China over, say, Taiwan, Australia will be obliged to be involved.
There were many further questions needing answers. Register for our next Ideas & Society Program in partnership with La Trobe Asia: AUKUS and Australia's Future to watch the discussion
Participating Chair Professor Rebecca Strating
Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
Speaker: Emeritus Professor Hugh White AO
Professor of Strategic Studies at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre of the Australian National University
Seaker: Professor Peter Dean
Director, Foreign Policy and Defence at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney
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