@inbook{59edac53e5cb450dae1ffed405d93b5a,
title = "Australia, AUKUS and the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific",
abstract = "Australia's pursuit of the AUKUS partnership can be explained by its radical re-assessment of conflict {"}warning time{"}. Australia now perceives that it must urgently prepare for the possibility of being involved in a conflict within a 10-year timeframe. Further, to reduce the chance of this happening, it perceives an immediate and pressing need to do what it can - and in concert with others - to deter China from using force to achieve its strategic goals vis-a-vis Taiwan or the Eas and South China Seas. To effectively deter Beijing, the urgent expansion and modernisation of Australian defence capabilities need to take place in the next three to five years. the AUKUS partnership should enable Australia to fast-track these objectives, making a strong contribution to allied force projection into the Indo-Pacific for deterrence purposes, as well as adding to the deterrent capabilities of the Quad.",
keywords = "AUKUS, Australian defence policy, Indo-pacific security",
author = "Lavina Lee",
year = "2022",
month = jun,
day = "1",
language = "English",
series = "South Asia Discussion Papers",
publisher = "Institute of Southeast Asian Studies",
pages = "13--24",
editor = "Yogesh Joshi and Ippeita Nishida and Nishant Rajeev",
booktitle = "The ripple effect",
address = "Singapore",
}