Navigating Australia's Diplomatic Balancing Act between US and China

Geopolitics is evolving quickly. The US is putting pressure on Australia to increase defence spending to counter China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific. At the same time, US defence secretary Pete Hegseth is warning that a Chinese military attack on Taiwan ‘could be imminent.’

And in Europe, Ukraine has launched a major drone attack against Russian airfields, wiping out billions of dollars worth of bombers.

Professor James Curran teaches political and diplomatic history at the University of Sydney, and is a columnist at The Australian Financial Review. His latest book is Australia’s China Odyssey: From Euphoria to Fear.

He talks to Sean Aylmer about Australia's relationship with the US and China, and the impact of Ukraine's drone strike on Russia.

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