The AUKUS trilateral partnership presents Australia with an unprecedented opportunity to achieve national-security goals that have eluded it for decades, further integrating Australian, UK and US technology and military forces, allowing more unified action.

Perhaps most importantly, AUKUS – in particular its Pillar 2 objectives – is an opportunity for Australia to pursue the long-sought industrial capacity necessary to defend its borders and its interests across a range of probable conflict scenarios.

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute invites you to attend the virtual launch of the report ‘AUKUS Pillar 2 critical pathways: A road map to enabling international collaboration’.

This report looks at the AUKUS Pillar 2 ecosystem from the user’s perspective. The authors interviewed more than 170 organisations and key individuals, including regulators and businesses, to offer the Australian Government detailed and actionable recommendations to assist in the success of AUKUS Pillar 2.

Bec Shrimpton, Director of Defence Strategy and National Security at ASPI, will speak with report co-author Roland Stephens alongside panellists Matthew Tracey and Gary Stewart, (additional speaker TBC), exploring the practical barriers to industry engagement under Pillar 2.