Prime minister gives details of contract talks after French president accuses him of lying about plans to cancel $90bn deal Scott Morrison has hit back against an extraordinary accusation from the French president that Australia’s prime minister lied t…
イギリスがAUKUS結成を画策した理由──激変するインド太平洋情勢
＜世界を驚かせた米英豪の同盟「AUKUS」創設のきっかけは、今年3月、ロンドンのオーストラリア高等弁務官事務所での出来事だった。なぜオーストラリアは原子力潜水艦を求めるのか。なぜジョンソン英首相は「渡りに船」と捉えたのか＞ 英国の空母「クイーン・エリザベス」の艦隊の日本訪問は文字通り、インド太平洋時代の幕開けを告げることになった。 「クイーン・エリザベス」が日本を離れてちょうど１週間後の9月15日、英国、米国、オーストラリア政府はインド太平洋に新たな安全保障同盟「AUKUS（オーカス）」を創設するこ…
‘Total loss of confidence’: Franco-British relations plumb new depths
Analysis: insiders say French belief that No 10 cannot be trusted has intensified amid Brexit, Covid, migration and AukusThe British embassy in Paris held a splendid James Bond soiree this week, guests in black tie and evening dress sipping Bollinger a…
Aukus pact to deepen Australia, US collaboration on space technology
Nasa’s Artemis mission to send a crewed vehicle to the moon set to further partnership between the two countriesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe Aukus agreement will boost collaboration between the United States and Australia in…
Australia told French submarine firm it didn’t have green light to proceed hours before deal cancelled
Letter, sent to Naval Group on 15 September, is at the heart of diplomatic rift between France and AustraliaGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAustralia cautioned the French contractor – hours before the $90bn submarine deal was cance…
‘Someone lied’: French foreign minister accuses Australia of submarine betrayal in latest broadside
Jean-Yves Le Drian says Australia reassured France everything was fine right up to the day the Aukus pact was announcedGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingFrance has accused Australia of lying shortly before Canberra cancelled a major …
Jacinda Ardern needs to speak out on Aukus – her tacit approval allows a dangerous military build-up | Bryce Edwards
New Zealand’s prime minister has essentially turned a blind eye to the pact – she knows taking the moral high ground leads to punishmentNew Zealand defence hawks reacted to the announcement of the anglophone security pact Aukus this month by complainin…
Experts say China’s low-level cyberwar is becoming severe threat
Activity more overt and reckless despite US, British and other political efforts to bring it to a haltChinese state-sponsored hacking is at record levels, western experts say, accusing Beijing of engaging in a form of low-level warfare that is escalati…
‘Donnez-moi un break’: Johnson deepens rift with France over defence deal
UK prime minister hits out after Paris reacted with fury to announcement of defence pactBoris Johnson has reopened the rift with Paris over the Aukus defence and security deal, urging the French to “prenez un grip about this and donnez-moi un break”, a…
Is China stepping up its ambition to supplant US as top superpower?
Analysis: Joe Biden has cleared the decks to focus on China. But how imminent is the danger?It may have been an inelegantly, even ineptly, executed pivot, gratuitously alienating key allies, but by leaving Afghanistan and forming the Australian, US and…