#hughwhite in @thesaturdaypaper.com.au doesn’t mince his words, unlike so many toadying commentators;
PM Albanese supine supplication to ogre Trump. Read it - hard truth

Hugh White: Why the AUKUS ‘dream’ was never realistic and is likely to die The first clear sign the Trump administration was taking a long hard look at AUKUS came two weeks ago, when US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth gave his first major speech on US strategic policy in Asia at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

For Canberra, Colby’s review could call a dealbreaker that the US should not sell Virginia-class subs to Australia without commitment to support the US against China. The end of the AUKUS dream? It should be. #auspol #AUKUS #HughWhite

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Compelling article on what should be our defence priorities by ever-excellent #HughWhite in @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Such clarity & strategy so absent from ‘political debate’…

Hugh White and our post-American future In his new Quarterly Essay, Hard New World, Hugh White delivers a devastating attack on Australia’s current defence policies.

Our post-American future is to tell Washington we will not join a war about Taiwan and to remove personnel and equipment from our tropical north. #auspol #HughWhite #geopolitics

Reflecting on the discussions, which I've been glad to have, they support what I call the necessity of history usefully informing policy and strategy. Hopefully both groups of scholars can listen and not be ultimately defensive but rather dynamic. #atomicbomb #history #hughwhite