
Episode 5: Does Australia need to scale up and join up to survive?
Defending Democracy with Malcolm Turnbull
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Navigating Alliances and Sovereignty
This chapter explores Australia's strategic positioning in its alliances with the United States and Canada, focusing on historical military contexts and current geopolitical challenges. It highlights the importance of Australia maintaining sovereign agency while adapting its foreign policy to align with U.S. domestic issues and the implications of the AUKUS submarine deal. The conversation underscores the need for Australia to engage cautiously with regional democracies and even non-democratic nations to ensure its security and interests in a shifting international landscape.
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