There are three major, unresolved questions with AUKUS that illustrate why this plan is not right for Australia, given the changing nature of the US.
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Australia’s best defence isn’t to retreat from open trade, but to strengthen and diversify the rules-based system that supports it.
Finding alternatives to the US would be expensive and time-consuming. But Australia can be a more confident, self-reliant leader in the region.
Canada’s Mark Carney is proposing a new alliance of ‘middle powers’ to offset over-reliance on the US and China. New Zealand would have good reason to be involved.
Even before Trump’s return to power, Australia has been building stronger mini-groupings and bilateral ties in the region.
This begins with an honest recognition of the changing direction of US policy, stated plainly and directly to the Australian people.
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Director, La Trobe Centre for Global Security, and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Professor of International Studies, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Waikato
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PhD Candidate, National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury
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Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Trade, Adelaide University
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Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professor, and Executive Director: Institute for International Trade, and Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Trade and Environment, Adelaide University