Do we assume China will keep financing our acquisition of these submarines by importing more and more Australian resources and other exports, asks James Curran.
Until now, arguably the two moments of greatest intimacy in the history of the Australian-American alliance both came in the 1960s.
In the end, Australian leaders had very little to show for giving freely to the cause in Vietnam. While there was a national interest case for keeping the US engaged militarily in the region, the much hoped for access to senior decision-making in Washington did not eventuate. Australians were not consulted about any of the major decisions pertaining to the end of the war or the peace.
But AUKUS is a multi-generational commitment. Its domestic political appeal in the US, UK and here is obvious. Precisely when will Australia gain an operational submarine fleet? For marketing purposes it will be important that the Albanese government can show at least a joint Australian skipper of a nuclear-powered submarine as soon as possible.
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