Professor of Global Health @STGEUI. Fmr RN, govt adviser & official. BN, MAIS, PhD & (in-progress) LLM. Co-Founder & Board Member @GHS_Network @GHS_conf.🏳️🌈
Sep 18, 2021 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
Not a submarine expert, but as a recently arrived Aussie in #Europe I’d like to offer some insights as someone who’s researched/taught Aus foreign & security policy re the #AUKUS deal, so here we go… 1/
There’s really no justification the French were caught unawares re the cancellation of the @navalgroup_AU contract. The writing had been on wall for some time that the deal was on rapidly melting thin ice. Anyone claiming otherwise just wasn’t paying attention. 2/