The next issue of Australian Foreign Affairs explores the costs, risks and potential benefits of Australia’s plan to buy, build and operate a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.
"Lost at Sea" looks at the ways in which the AUKUS undertaking is set to reshape the nation’s military, economy, diplomacy and foreign relations, and at the consequences and alternatives if the project does not go according to plan.
Essays include:
- Sunk costs: The economics of AUKUS, by Saul Eslake
- Uncharted waters: Will AUKUS turn Australia into a regional power?, by Bec Strating
- Plan B: How to defend Australia without submarines, by David Kilcullen
- Deep dive: The case for AUKUS, by Peter Khalil
- The AUKUS treaties: What exactly did Australia sign up to?, by Yee-Fui Ng