Daily Memo: Australia’s New Defense Priorities

Canberra says the U.S. is no longer the unipolar leader of the Indo-Pacific.

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Australia’s defense outlook. The Australian government released its defense strategic review on Monday. The report signaled a significant shift in Australia’s defense outlook, pledging that the government will spend 19 billion Australian dollars ($12.7 billion) on new initiatives, including building its own long-range strike force, and cut AU$7.8 billion from six existing defense programs, predominantly […]

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