Security alliance "AUKUS"

The US has ruled out adding India or Japan to the new trilateral security partnership with Australia and Britain to meet the challenges of the 21st century in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.

The trilateral security alliance AUKUS (Australia, UK and US), seen as an effort to counter China in the Indo-Pacific, will allow the US and the UK to provide Australia with the technology to develop nuclear-powered submarines for the first time.

AUKUS is a trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, announced on 15 September 2021 for the Indo-Pacific region.

The pact also includes cooperation on cyber capabilities, artificial intelligence, quantum technologies and undersea capabilities.