c/australianpolitics · by MHLoppy@fedia.io · 1y

A middle power with ‘great and powerful friends’: Australia’s changing role in the region

https://theconversation.com/a-middle-power-with-great-and-powerful-friends-australias-changing-role-in-the-region-228897

Backed by the US, Australia has been increasingly asserting its power in the Indo-Pacific region. Has this strategy served it well?

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TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y

Anything that starts with "backed by the US" isn't anything you want to put your money on right now. We're a long way from either Europe or the US, and with the US a failed state and Europe dealing with Russia's bullshit I wouldn't rely on massive amounts of help from either if we needed it. I'm sure Australia's war gamers are taking that into account.

phoh@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

Well, of course I know him. He's me. I haven't gone by the name of Obi-Wan “middle-power” since, oh, before you were born.