International security/ Exceptionalism
v. egalitarianism
IT IS time for Australia
to end its strategic dependence on the United States. The relationship with
America, which has long been regarded as beneficial, has now become dangerous
to Australia’s future. We have effectively ceded to America the ability to
decide when Australia goes to war. Even if America were the most perfect and
benign power, this posture would still be incompatible with the integrity of
Australia as a sovereign nation. It entails not simply deference but submission
to Washington, an intolerable state of affairs for a country whose power and
prosperity are increasing and whose national interests dictate that it enjoy
amicable, not hostile, relations with its neighbors, including China.
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