On September 15th President Biden and Prime Ministers Morrison and Johnson announced the establishment of “AUKUS,” a new trilateral security partnership in the Indo-Pacific region. The three sides committed to wide ranging security cooperation, including on the provision of nuclear attack submarine technology to Australia. Panelists from Australia, the UK, Singapore will join the Reischauer Center’s David Shear for a discussion of the implications for the region.

Panelist Information:

Dr. Thomas Fingar – Shorenstein APARC Distinguished Fellow, Stanford University; Former Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis

Amb. Ong Keng Yong – Executive Deputy Chairman, RSIS, NTU, in Singapore, and concurrently Director, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies in RSIS

Prof. Alessio Patalano – Professor of War & Strategy in East Asia, and Director, King’s Japan Programme

Mr. Ashley Townshend – Director of Foreign Policy and Defence at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney