Seminar
- Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students
Mon., Apr. 29, 2024
| 5:00pm
- 6:00pm
Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369
Please join the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs for a seminar about AUKUS at a Crossroads with Sophia Gaston, Head of Foreign Policy and UK Resilience at the Policy Exchange think tank in Westminster, and moderated by S.T. Lee Chair in U.S.-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School, Rana Mitter on Monday, April 29th from 5:00 to 6:00 PM in the Belfer Library (L-369)
In the two-and-a-half years since its surprise announcement, the deterrence rationale which underpinned the creation of the AUKUS security pact between Britain, the United States and Australia has only increased in urgency, as the geopolitical environment has deteriorated significantly. AUKUS stands at the vanguard of a new era of allied co-creation and co-development of the most vital future technologies we need for our military and economic competitiveness. If successful, it will deliver a mutual capability uplift in all three partners across both traditional and cutting-edge domains, and create the blueprint for enhanced allied competitiveness towards China and other disruptive adversaries. But as the project moves from planning to implementation, it is hitting up against the realities of constrained resources, political instability, and competing priorities, while other allies call for its expansion. Can the three AUKUS partners keep the show on the road and bring this ambitious pact to fruition? And what is at stake if they fail? This discussion will explore the risks facing AUKUS and why it’s vital this long-term project is able to endure in an age of political disruption.
This event is in-person and for Harvard ID holders only.