Australia’s decision to terminate a A$90 billion defence contract with France to forge a new defence alliance with the US and UK was a shock for Europe. Ironically, the announcement came just hours before the EU debuted its Indo-Pacific Strategy.

A new article by Dr Ivana Damjanovic and Professor Nicolas de Sadeleer, "The French-Australian Submarine Affair: Can It Sink the EU Indo-Pacific Strategy?", has been published in Australian Outlook.