It is a remarkable fact that our political leaders’ dogged pursuit of ‘national security’ through the United States alliance and the costly and controversial AUKUS agreement seems to be making Australians feel rather more insecure, indeed downright anxious, feelings exacerbated by the elevation of the mercurial Donald Trump to a second term as US president.
After America: Australia and the new world order by Emma Shortis
Australia Institute Press, $19.99 pb, 128 pp
Hard New World: Our post-American future (Quarterly Essay 98) by Hugh White
Black Inc., $29.99 pb, 112 pp
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