Verlassen Sie Aukus nicht: Der Fall für die Empfehlung und Wiederbelebung – das Allianz

[SS from essay by Gary Roughead, Robert and Marion Oster Distinguished Military Fellow at the Hoover Institution. From 2007 to 2011, he served as U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations and as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Marise Payne, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution. She served as Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022 and Minister for Defense from 2015 to 2018; Nicholas Carter, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He served as Chief of the Defence Staff for the United Kingdom from 2018 to 2021; and James Mattis, Davies Family Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He served as U.S. Secretary of Defense from 2017 to 2018.]

In June, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it would spend the summer conducting a review of AUKUS: the security partnership established in 2021 among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The review—designed to determine whether the AUKUS agreement is aligned with U.S. President Donald Trump’s priorities—has sparked angst among stakeholders in all three countries. The second Trump administration, after all, has not been shy about revamping Washington’s major partnerships.

It is not unusual for an incoming administration to review major programs and initiatives in its early days, as the [Trump administration](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/topics/trump-administration) is now doing with AUKUS. Hopefully, the Pentagon will find that the alliance is more than worth the investment—and perfectly in keeping with Trump’s “America first” agenda. In an unsettled international environment, AUKUS serves each member country’s urgent national security needs and advances shared priorities. It enables a frictionless defense environment among the three countries, and is a stimulus for reforming dated yet compatible defense industrial bases. It can be a model and an incentive for strengthening relations with other allies and special partners. A vibrant AUKUS is a deterrent in the Indo-Pacific and beyond, as relevant in the Arctic and the higher reaches of the North Atlantic as it is in the western Pacific. Moreover, it helps the Australian, British, and U.S. militaries adopt the advanced technologies necessary to win in the future.

After the way Australia backstabbed France to get this agreement with the US, it will be hilarious if Trump abandons it and Australia ends up with nothing