Germany’s AfD ruling and the Aukus submarine deal

Chapter 1

Concerns over Aukus submarine deal

The Aukus security partnership between Australia, the UK and the US is supposed to replace Australia’s £70bn (€82bn) deal with France for conventional-powered submarines, as part of a broader strategy to counter China’s economic and military advances in the Indo-Pacific region. But with the US facing fiscal constraints, that might not prove possible. Marion Messmer, senior research fellow in international security at Chatham House, explains the situation to Georgina Godwin.