
AUKUS, 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”.