Australia has a strong alliance with America, one that has remained unwavering through changes of leadership and turbulent international developments.

While agreements such as AUKUS and the Quad have strengthened our position in the region, it has come at the cost of relations with other states and could in the future draw us into conflict.

Guest: Hugh White (Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies at Australian National University)

Hugh's new Quarterly Essay is Sleepwalk to War: Australia’s unthinking alliance with America.

Recorded on 30 June, 2022.