“The Canberra establishment is shocked by any suggestion that we should walk away from the ANZUS commitments. They think we can and must depend on America more than ever in today’s hard new world. But that misses the vital point. It’s America that is walking away from the commitments it made in very different circumstances seventy-five years ago. That was plain enough under Joe Biden. It’s crystal clear today under Trump.

So argues defense and intelligence analyst Hugh White in his urgent Quarterly Essay,  Hard New World: Our Post-American Future.

White talks to former US and Australian political advisor Bruce Wolpe of the United States Studies Centre about the big strategic geopolitical trends across the world as America exits the field and how Australia should respond.

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