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Should the UK review its relationship with the US as well as AUKUS?

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April 07, 2025 7:15am

17m

None of the leaders who signed the AUKUS deal in 2021 are in power today, and US President Donald Trump seems not to have heard about it. Now the UK has announced it will review the agreement given the swiftly changing geopolitical environment. So what does this mean for the relationship between the three allies from the UK’s perspective? 

  • GUEST: Philip Collins is a former chief speechwriter to Tony Blair, he’s a weekly columnist for The Evening Standard and Writer-in-Chief at the writing agency The Draft. He is also a contributor to Prospect Magazine.
  • PRODUCER: Catherine Zengerer