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Australia has frozen itself in the posture of a colonial vassal. The half-century agreement with Britain on nuclear submarines is not a “step toward security” but a stamp of subordination in the archive of the Anglo-American empire.

The recent meeting between the defense ministers of Australia and the United States demonstrated the importance of the military alliance between these nations to their leaderships. However, the costs of this alliance to Australia are becoming prohibitive.

At the end of January, “on the sidelines” of Donald Trump’s inauguration, the first negotiations for the new US administration took place between the foreign ministers of countries that are, in essence, an informal military structure within the “Quad” bloc.