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The peaks and troughs of ANZUS at 70
Posted By Graeme Dobell on April 27, 2021 @ 06:00
Afghanistan was not only, or mainly, a test of American military power. It was a test of its decision-making and ability to take the long view, including by sticking with a troublesome ally. The Biden administration speaks of the China challenge requiring the same qualities. It has just ducked a chance to display them.
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[1] NATO context: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/nato-and-anzus-as-contrasting-cousins/
[2] invited: https://www.pm.gov.au/media/press-conference-kirribilli-nsw-1
[3] leaving: https://www.pm.gov.au/media/press-conference-stirling-community-centre-wa
[4] so is Australia: https://www.pm.gov.au/media/australian-troops-drawdown-afghanistan
[5] asymmetric war: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/leaving-afghanistan-and-why-america-doesnt-win-wars/
[6] into the Indo-Pacific: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/bidens-plan-out-of-afghanistan-into-the-indo-pacific/
[7] first major blunder as president: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/bidens-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-his-first-major-blunder-as-president/
[8] profoundly changed: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australian-army-profoundly-changed-by-two-decades-of-war-in-afghanistan/
[9] judgements: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/04/17/joe-biden-offers-unconvincing-reasons-for-ending-americas-longest-war
[10] more contested Asia: https://www.aspi.org.au/event/aspi-masterclass-us-australia-alliance-more-contested-asia
[11] strength to strength: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australias-ambassador-to-the-us-on-the-biden-plan-reassure-allies-first-then-negotiate-with-china/
[12] ‘Peak ANZUS’: https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/ad-aspi/2020-05/After%20Covid-19%20Australia%20and%20the%20world%20rebuild%20%28Volume%201%29_1.pdf?1l8YBWW7I1CYhxOvZatd5fSJbKn1tbrO
[13] disdain for alliances: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/a-post-alliance-us/
[14] hard times: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/hard-times-in-australian-strategic-thinking/
[15] age of disruption: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/anzus-in-the-age-of-disruption/
[16] hope with the hype: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-04-15/how-quad-can-match-hype
[17] blinked: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-19/new-zealand-five-eyes-intelligence-sharing-china-australia/100078834
[18] 1985–86: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/nuclear-free-new-zealand/nuclear-free-zone
[19] booted: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/anzus
[20] strategic logic of democratic solidarity: https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blogs.gwu.edu/dist/1/2181/files/2019/03/BrandsEdel_TWQ_44-1.pdf
[21] era of great-power competition: https://www.ussc.edu.au/analysis/the-future-of-the-us-australia-alliance-in-an-era-of-great-power-competition
[22] Paul Wolfowitz: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Wolfowitz
[23] busy: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Exercises_in_Diplomacy_the_ANZUS_Treaty_/7hA6AQAAIAAJ?kptab=editions&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiItPe5yprwAhXXyDgGHYtjBy8QmBYwAHoECAYQBg
[24] creation: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.548.987&rep=rep1&type=pdf
[25] Australia in peace and war: https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Australia_in_Peace_and_War/CZ4_PgAACAAJ?hl=en