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A middle power with ‘great and powerful friends’: Australia’s changing role in the region (theconversation.com)
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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 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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 points 1 month ago

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.