Donald Trump’s re-election and ensuing sweeping moves as President of the United States have given renewed urgency to long-standing questions about the future of Australia’s alliance with America.

Dylan Bird is joined by Hugh White, Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies at ANU, to discuss his new Quarterly Essay Hard New World: Our Post American Future, the global shift caused by the rise of China and the decline of US supremacy, the state of the AUKUS deal, and the Trump administration’s impact in both Ukraine and the Middle East.

'With Trump … we’ve got a guy, and I might say a movement behind him. who is genuinely disdainful of international order, genuinely disdainful of allies like Australia, seemingly somewhat infatuated with authoritarian leaders like XI Jinping and Putin … it provides us with a much more realistic understanding of the America we’re dealing with.'

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