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Ties between the US and Australia are worsening, and could see the AUKUS Pact ended prematurely with Washington conducting an internal review. So in this video, we’ll explain why it’s in jeopardy and what this means for the future of bilateral relations.
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Sources:
US-Australia Relations
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-02/trump-administration-regrets-ditching-albanese-meeting/105484286
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/01/anthony-albanese-responds-to-us-pete-hegseth-push-for-huge-rise-in-defence-spending-as-it-stokes-china-fears
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/30/anthony-albanese-us-trump-tariffs-australia
AUKUS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8d3d5l9l1o
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/11/pentagon-review-aukus-security-alliance
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/24/aukus-review-us-australia-uk-trump-nuclear-submarine-deal
https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2025/06/trump-review-of-aukus-should-australia-cancel-subs-deal
US Shipbuilding Crisis
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-11/us-navy-shipbuilding-called-too-slow-and-costly-as-trump-vows-change
Australia Defence Spending
https://theconversation.com/only-a-third-of-australians-support-increasing-defence-spending-new-research-253943
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/13/turnbull-says-australia-mugged-by-reality-on-aukus-deal-as-us-set-to-halve-submarine-build
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-and-australia-to-negotiate-security-and-defense-partnership/
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/watch-live-prime-minister-anthony-albanese-lays-out-second-term-agenda-in-national-press-club-address/news-story/835c4ced77d54cb90f6ff7facc564921