In contrast to the AUKUS announcement in 2021, the most recent trilateral AUKUS statement has passed with hardly a murmur from the Pacific. This time round, the Australians were careful to provide advance briefings and to directly address pressing issues on Pacific minds. No subs will carry nuclear weapons. No nuclear waste will be disposed in the Pacific Islands. And Australia recognises that the most urgent security issue for the region is climate change.
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