Military-Technological Cooperation Across the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific

By Daniel Fiott

19.01.2024

War on the Rocks

Despite the promise of AUKUS, the program faces critical questions. The three allies already face political challenges to allow for the transfer and sharing of technology between allies. The benefits of and obstacles facing AUKUS could set an example for technological cooperation between the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions. This endeavor is important because deeper technological and industrial cooperation has the benefit of strengthening and interlinking alliance structures in both regions.

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This paper was completed with the support of the NATO Science for Peace and Security programme. It is part of a project looking at the future of the Indo-Pacific region and NATO, and the author wishes to thank the participants of a conference organised under the project on 11 May 2023 in Canberra, Australia, which as hosted by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.  

Image: U.S. Navy photo courtesy of General Dynamics Electric Boat