Is AUKUS Too Big to Fail?

Por Ankit Panda and Catherine Putz — The Diplomat

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The AUKUS partnership survived the Trump transition, and for Canberra it may be too big a deal to ever let fail.

Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) prepares to moor alongside submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) during a scheduled port visit in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, March 27, 2025.

In this episode of The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast, hosts Ankit Panda and Katie Putz mark the fifth anniversary of the AUKUS partnership with a discussion of the trilateral security agreement between Australia, the U.K., and the U.S., breaking down its significance, concerns regarding its sustainability amid a changing political landscape, the challenges faced by the U.S. submarine industrial base, and the implications of the partnership in the context of rising tensions with China. 

For more, check out our recent video explainer , featuring Dr. Euan Graham, further exploring the AUKUS partnership.

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In this episode of The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast, hosts Ankit Panda and Katie Putz mark the fifth anniversary of the AUKUS partnership with a discussion of the trilateral security agreement between Australia, the U.K., and the U.S., breaking down its significance, concerns regarding its sustainability amid a changing political landscape, the challenges faced by the U.S. submarine industrial base, and the implications of the partnership in the context of rising tensions with China. 

For more, check out our recent video explainer , featuring Dr. Euan Graham, further exploring the AUKUS partnership.

You can subscribe to The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify ; and watch the episode on YouTube .

Ankit Panda is editor-at-large at The Diplomat and the Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Follow him on Twitter.

Catherine Putz is managing editor of The Diplomat.

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