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The argument, at length

Authored opinion on Australia's strategic preparedness, separate from the weekly briefing. Companion to the book Unprepared: Australia in an Age of Chinese Power.

1 September 2026

The cheque book has a ceiling. The Pacific needs a decision.

A treaty ally just read from Beijing's script. Aid and alliances have hit their limit, and the only answer left is bigger than anything Canberra will admit.

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