America’s Next Steps With AUKUS

On September 16, 2021, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, President Joe Biden, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an enhanced trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States called AUKUS. AUKUS is building on the three nations’ long-standing and ongoing bilateral ties and will enable the partners to significantly deepen cooperation on a range of emerging security and defense capabilities. It gives effect to the 2017 decision to allow Australia and the United Kingdom entry to the U.S. National Technology and Industrial Base. The first major initiative of AUKUS was the announcement that the U.S. and UK…