AUKUS cements the US and Australian alliance. But at what cost?

The Australian Financial Review reports that AUKUS is expected to endure under the Trump administration because it serves US strategic interests, but concerns are growing about whether the $368 billion program to acquire nuclear-powered submarines stacks up for Australia.

USSC Director of Research Jared Mondschein was quoted in the article, saying the alliance would last beyond the current president because the two countries’ interests were aligned.