No foreigner has been given the honour of accompanying the 4 o’clock inspection of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment in recent memory. 🇬🇧🇺🇸

#HCMR

Luckily our Alexander Gray and Doug Stokes have been working on just the solution: Canadian membership as an urgent priority 🇨🇦

The UK has today rolled out a package of measures in response to Russia's attempts to undermine European support for Ukraine ⤵️

'AUKUS is a great idea and we need to pursue it. I've been greatly disappointed only by the fact that we're not moving nearly as fast as we should.'

Jim Risch speaking at the Hudson Institute following David Lammy's speech on the future of the Atlantic Alliance.

Walter Russell Mead

BREAKING: The UK is expelling Russia’s defence attaché - “an undeclared military intelligence officer” as part of a package of measures to “target and dismantle Russian intelligence gathering operations in the UK”, the Home Secretary has announced. Other measures include ⬇️

🇨🇦 The Princess Royal has been in British Columbia for a series of engagements with the Royal Canadian Navy.

During the visit, HRH attended the Commissioning Ceremony for the HMCS Max Bernays - the Canadian Pacific Fleet's first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel. Click to read more.

'AUKUS began in September 2021 between Australia, the UK and US...Canada and New Zealand, the remaining two Five Eyes partners, wish to fully join the alliance.' 🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿🇬🇧🇺🇸

spectator.co.uk/article/aukus-… #CANZUK #cdnpoli #auspol #nzpol #ukpolitics

The Department of State proposes to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to support the goals of AUKUS.

“The proposed rule […] would codify an expedited license review process for Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada.”
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‘To maximise the utility of our diminishing naval assets, we should take a leaf out of the playbook of our AUKUS partners and permanently deploy one of the remaining surface combatants to Southeast Asia’, writes Jennifer Parker.
aspistrategist.org.au/mitigating-the…

“Compare and contrast the frenetic, largely unwanted and unnecessary manoeuvres to create a common EU defence union, with the methodical, steadfast construction of AUKUS as a formidable Indo-Pacific entente to counter the 🇨🇳 threat.”

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🇦🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸 Big #AUKUS News: The Department of State has published a proposed a rule that would remove requirements for more than 1,000 export permits, valued at several billion dollars/year. Now open for comments from interested parties.

PDF: pmddtc.state.gov/sys_attachment…

Grateful to meet FCDO Director General Jonathan Allen and a cross Whitehall team to discuss our continued critical work on AUKUS, including progress in liberalizing our defense trade environment and welcoming potential new project partners like Japan to join AUKUS Pillar II.

AUKUS advertisements are being shown during the NBA playoffs

Another timely piece from our Alexander Gray... Support for Canada's AUKUS accession is building and not only for the urgent defence of the Arctic👇🇨🇦

This is a great piece by my colleague Alexander Gray, and his first in ConservativeHome. As his paper with Doug Stokes says, Canada's critical mineral reserves, top-tier tech companies, and role in the Arctic mean she offers Britain serious support, and is a worthwhile addition to AUKUS

🇨🇦“As AUKUS seeks to expand the partnership, Canada must be at the front of the queue,” our Senior Researcher Alexander Gray says. “The number of parliamentarians supporting this initiative shows the breadth of political support for such a move.”

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