COVER STORY / DEFENCE: Australia’s future in the US alliance*

The rapidly changing strategic environment facing Australia for the immediate decades ahead is underscored by the results of the Pentagon strategy review announced in Washington at the end of the first week in January this year.
In a unique twist, President Barack Obama took the key role in the announcement, which was clearly driven by two distinct factors.
First, in a pragmatic response to the overriding debt problems facing the United States, defence spending will be cut by $US487 bi…

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