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This new report addresses how best to collaborate across government and industry among the three AUKUS nations—Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States—in order to implement this historically important security agreement effectively.
New threats and domains for warfare continually emerge. These include cyber and space
along with disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum. Dealing with
these threats necessitates an enhanced partnership across governments and within industry.
Achieving full mission readiness is becoming increasingly complex and requires dynamic
defence technology solutions. Securing and protecting people, nations, and information is
impacted by a multitude of challenges including COVID-19, climate change, and an increasingly
hostile edge to global strategic competition.
On 15 September 2021, the leaders of Australia, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United
States (U.S.) jointly announced the AUKUS partnership. They resolved to “deepen diplomatic,
security, and defence cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region to meet the challenges of
the 21st century.”
Many would identify these three nations as partners in the strongest interstate alliances in
existence today. The creation of AUKUS to help equip Australia with nuclear powered submarines
and other technological upgrades should increase the already strong foundations
that Australia, United Kingdom, and United States share.
This new report addresses how best to collaborate across government and industry
among the three AUKUS nations—Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United
States—in order to implement this historically important security agreement effectively.
The authors focus specifically on how AUKUS stakeholders can leverage technology and
innovation, from cloud computing and cybersecurity to artificial intelligence and quantum
computing, to establish a sustainable and enduring strategy that enhances security,
especially across the Indo-Pacific region.
The authors’ work complements our Center’s ongoing focus on how best to manage
major global initiatives that promote security interests across nations. This includes our
recent series of reports on visualizing information operations in defense settings with the
Institute for the Study of War, as well as two recent reports on how Australian agencies
are providing a model for other nations on how AI and emerging technologies can be
implemented in a way that builds public trust.
We hope that AUKUS leaders and stakeholders find this report helpful in framing innovation
that drives the path forward for implementing this vital partnership.