The AUKUS pact has geopolitical significance, including with respect to the strategic advantages it may offer Australia’s navy in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait. Questions have also been raised in relation to whether Australia’s decision to build and house nuclear-powered submarines gives rise to a potential contravention of international non-proliferation laws.

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