*How concerned should Australia be about the UK’s ability to deliver its side of AUKUS?*
*What role can middle powers play as the international order becomes more fragmented?*
*How should Australia and its partners balance alliances with their own national interests in a more contested world?*
In part two of our geopolitical update, Sharryn Parker is joined by Charles Edel, Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva and Euan Graham to discuss AUKUS, the role of middle powers in a changing world and how Australian can build greater strategic agency while still deepening the US alliance.
**Dr Charles Edel** is Senior Adviser and Australia Chair at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies and an expert on statecraft and great power competition.
**Dr Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva** is a Lecturer at the ANU National Security College (NSC) and an expert on Central Asia and the positioning of the Global South in world power.
**Dr Euan Graham** is an Expert Associate at NSC whose research spans military strategy and deterrence in the Indo-Pacific.
**Sharryn Parker** is Senior Policy Advisor at NSC, on secondment from the Department of Defence.
TRANSCRIPT
Show notes:
- Listen to part 1 of this geopolitical update here
- NSC academic programs – find out more
- Navigating Australia’s Future in an Uncertain World - Address to the National Press Club of Australia by Dr Kevin Rudd
- John Howard on 9/11, geopolitics and Australia’s security
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