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Australia relies implicitly on US security guarantees. Given Trump's previous pronouncements about allies paying their own way, at best, there is a good chance
by ern 10y ago
Australia relies implicitly on US security guarantees. Given Trump's previous pronouncements about allies paying their own way, at best, there is a good chance that Australia is going to have to budget more to protect its vast territory.
At worst, if Trump were to move to a more isolationist stance and upend the world order, there are some very populous countries to the north that might get hungry.
It's going to be very difficult to find a place to escape the consequences of what happened today.
- astrodust 10y agoBullshit. It's not the 1930s any more. Australia and Japan are on good terms and China's not interested in taking over Australia.
- ern 10y agoSuccessive Australian governments seem to hold a different view. Australians have joined US wars in Vietnam(!), Afghanistan and Iraq. The idea that Australia can do without a military alliance with the US and live in splendid isolation is a romantic one, but not very realistic. And China and Japan are not the only populous countries to the north of Australia: Indonesia has 10X the population, and is far closer. http://i.imgur.com/zQg1M2A.png http://i.imgur.com/zQg1M2A.png
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