Alice Nason

Alice Nason

Research Associate, Foreign Policy and Defence Program, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney

Alice Nason is a research associate in the Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, Australia.

US President Joe Biden (centre), British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right) and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) hold a press conference during the AUKUS summit on 13 March 2023, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego California. (Jim Watson/AFP)

If at first you don’t succeed: Australia woos the Indo-Pacific on AUKUS

Australia made extensive diplomatic overtures to Asia prior to its March update about the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine arrangement with the UK and the US, note researchers Blake Herzinger and Alice Nason. Canberra appears to have gained some traction in the region, but it should not rest on its laurels.