The US-Australia Alliance on the Anniversary of AUKUS

September 2022

Past Event

The US-Australia Alliance on the Anniversary of AUKUS

Past Event

Online Only

September 15, 2022

Australian Navy vessel HMAS <i>Supply</i> conducts replenishment at sea with US Navy cruiser USS <i>Mobile Bay</i> during RIMPAC 2022. (LSIS Ernesto Sanchez/Australian Defense Force)

September 2022

Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:

The Hon. Andrew Hastie, MP

Member, Parliament of Australia

Congressman Mike Gallagher

United States Representative, Wisconsin’s Eighth Congressional District

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Patrick Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair, Hudson Institute

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One year ago today, the leaders of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announced an enhanced trilateral security partnership called AUKUS, which reinforces and intensifies decades of close partnership. To mark the anniversary, please join us in welcoming the Hon. Andrew Hastie, MP, to Hudson Institute. Congressman Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin will introduce Hastie, who represents Canning in the Australian House of Representatives and serves as the shadow minister of defence for the Liberal Party of Australia. The member of parliament will deliver remarks on the defense relationship, and afterward Hudson Institute’s Bryan Clark and Patrick Cronin will join him for a panel discussion moderated by Peter Rough.

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