Austin Wu is an alliance strategy intern at ASPI USA. His research primarily focuses on the public perception of AUKUS in the U.S. and Australia, the history of American-Australian relations, and approaches to deterrence around the Indo-Pacific.

Austin is a Master of International Relations student at the Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, with a focus on Indo-Pacific Security. In this capacity he has researched Chinese A2/AD capabilities, US Surge Sealift, and the evolution of American foreign policy. As an undergraduate political science student at Macalester College, his research focused on Sino-Indian conflict on the Brahmaputra River and Chinese Grand Strategy. His work has been published in E-International Relations and The Hill.