Can Australia Defend Itself in the Asian Century?

Global Politics by La Trobe University

Jul 19, 20191:00:12Education

For decades in Australia we have assumed that America will prevent any serious emerging military threats to Australia, or defend us from them if they do, but now America's power in Asia is waning and those old assumption...

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