AUKUS: Assumptions and Implications

The symposium featured expert analysis and discussions on the political, legal, strategic and economic aspects of AUKUS. This event allowed academics and professionals to deepen their understanding of this significant alliance.

Program

The full program is available to download here.

Presentations

Available presentations from speakers can be accessed via their linked names below.

Session 1: Opening address by Ross Garnaut

Session 2: What is the vision of international order underpinning AUKUS?

• Chris Reus-Smit
• Sam Roggeveen

Session 3: What bureaucratic and political processes does AUKUS require?

• Gareth Evans
• Margaret Simons
• Stephan Fruehling

Session 4: What military capability would AUKUS bring and is it what Australia needs?

• Hugh White
• Rear Admiral Peter Clarke

Session 5: What are the diplomatic correlates/implications of AUKUS?

• Kai He
• Joanne Wallis
• James Curran

Session 6: What is the relationship of AUKUS to nuclear non-proliferation?

• Marianne Hanson
• Maria Rost Rublee
• Richard Tanter

Session 7: What are the economic implications of AUKUS – fiscal policy, industry policy, research and higher education policy?

• John Quiggin
• Sian Troath
• Stephen Grenville

Session 8: What does AUKUS say about how we see ourselves?

• Marilyn Lake
• David Lowe
• Wanning Sun