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Rethinking Australia’s Indo-Pacific strategy after the midterms

Perth USAsia Centre·2026-11-11AllianceP7: Alliance ArchitectureP3: Industrial Base
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The article reinforces that Australia cannot rely on US consistency and must actively invest in sovereign defence capability and alliance resilience beyond Washington. This directly supports Australian policy toward higher defence spending, AUKUS delivery, and independent Indo-Pacific partnerships—core pillars of strategic preparedness.

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This development bears on 2 of the eight pillars of Australian preparedness — the overall picture right now is 5/100.

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