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The US now has access to more than half Australia’s military bases – could it drag the country unwillingly into war? - The Guardian
Why it matters
The article examines Australia's strategic entanglement with the US via military base access and the risk that Australian territory could draw the country into a Taiwan conflict. This bears directly on Alliance (Pillar 7) dynamics and Australia's ability to preserve strategic autonomy, but the piece does not report new capability deployments, AUKUS milestones, or shifts in US/Chinese posture—only frames existing exposure.
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