Trump’s new security strategy demands Australia step up or step aside
There is something for Australians and regional allies to work with, even if the document states bluntly that “the days of America propping up the world like Atlas are over”.
Late last week the Trump administration released its highly awaited blueprint for American foreign policy – the National Security Strategy.
There is a persistent narrative that Trump is an isolationist. There were rumours that he will focus on so-called hemispheric defence and abandon allies in Europe and Asia to fend for themselves.
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Lavina Lee is director of the Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre.
