The new AUKUS alliance holds some lessons for India

[indianexpress.com.] [Arun Prakash] | September 21, 2021 4:00:24 am In a surprise, virtual statement on September 15, the heads of government of Australia, the UK and US announced the formation of a trilateral security pact, to be known by the acronym, AUKUS. Without naming China, US President Joe Biden announced, in a press conference, that "in order to deal with rapidly evolving threats," the US and Britain would share, with Australia, intelligence and advanced technologies in areas like artificial intelligence, cyber-warfare, quantum computing and nuclear submarine construction. The surprise at the formation of AUKUS is for a number of reasons….