Australia appears confused about its place in the global world order
The article discusses Australia's shifting foreign policy and concerns regarding the reliability of the United States as an alliance partner. It highlights global unease over the intersection of conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, alongside political instability in Germany.
Why it matters
It reflects growing international anxiety regarding the stability of Western alliances and the potential for geopolitical shifts in the face of changing US leadership.
This week, Richard Marles put a different spin on what "making real progress in relation to AUKUS" now means. ( ABC News: Shaun Kingma )
Link copied Share Share article If there has been an underlying theme in global politics in the past 18 months it has surrounded the lack of reliability of the United States as an alliance partner or, more recently, the cost of having such an alliance with the US.
As Donald Trump has led his country away from its alliances and into a war that has made the majority of its allies in the Middle East vulnerable Iranian targets, countries around the world have been left scurrying to re-evaluate their needs and their friendships.
No-one inside federal politics seems particularly interested in discussing the large orange elephant in the room and how it is materially changing every other country's views of the world.
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