HomeInstitut Montaigne features a platform of Expressions dedicated to debate and current affairs. The platform provides a space for decryption and dialogue to encourage discussion and the emergence of new voices.22/09/2021Submarines for Australia: the Shockwave Security International affairsPrintShareAUKUS, the new trilateral security partnership between Australia, the US, and the UK, in effect since September 15, was sealed at the expense of French diplomacy. France’s plan to sell a major submarine defense contract to Australia went to waste. Beyond the commercial stakes involved in this decision, the emerging military alliance underscores the extent to which the world's focus shifted to China. Several experts from the Institut Montaigne have been mobilized to provide their analysis of this "submarine crisis”.