Dr R. Vignesh and Cmde Abhay Kumar Singh (Retd) have published an excellent Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) Issue Brief entitled:
“One Year of AUKUS: An Assessment of Progress and Challenges” dated November 2,2022
at: https://www.idsa.in/issuebrief/One-Year-of-AUKUS-rvignesh-aksingh-021122
Its Summary is:
“In the one year since the announcement of AUKUS, significant developments have been set in motion to enable Australia to acquire eight nuclear attack submarines (SSNs). At the same time, it has also become clear that AUKUS certainly goes beyond just SSNs and involves the development of other niche capabilities as well, in the areas such as hypersonics, quantum technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), cyber, autonomous undersea vehicles (AUV) and electronic warfare capabilities (EWC). AUKUS’s potential to tangibly impact the Indo-Pacific geopolitical discourse, however, can perhaps only be seen in the long term.”
Pete Comment
The brief is well written, learned and balanced. It has a very useful list of Endnotes to back it up. It carries the caution: “Views expressed are of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Manohar Parrrikar IDSA or of the Government of India”.
It also includes a revealing function chart “Figure 1. AUKUS Governance Structure” below:
The above Figure 1. chart is derived from: “FACT SHEET: Implementation of the Australia–United Kingdom–United States Partnership (AUKUS)”, The White House, 5 April 2022.