AUKUS: Alliances and Militarisation in Asia Pacific

In this episode Nina Hall speaks with Maureen Panjueli, Ja Ian Chong, and Marco De Jong about about AUKUS, the trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States with a particular focus on it's implications on relationships and security in the Asia Pacific region.

Marco DeJong is a Samoan New Zealander and a Pacific historian. He is currently completing a doctorate at the University of Oxford on the history of the environmental movement in the Pacific focusing on anti-nuclearism and climate change. Maureen Panjueli is the coordinator of Pacific Network on Globalisation and is based in Suva, Fiji. She has worked in the non-profit sector for over 20 years on environmental, economic, political and social justice in the Pacific. Ja Ian Chong is an associate professor at the National University of Singapore teaching international relations. He has a special interest in IR theory, security, Chinese foreign policy, and international relations in the Asia-Pacific. Nina Hall is a founding member of New Zealand Alternative and an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.