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Sub plot: the AUKUS alliance

The Intelligence from The Economist

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Story Telling and Politics

The shipping container may have been more important than all the trading agreements sort of hashed out over that period combined. Story telling and politics are deeply intertwined, particly in america. People use stories to illuminate a policy because it's quite intangible. They talk about great pasts and imagine the future. And how brilliant it will be when they are in charge.

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