The loss of hegemonic US power in the Asia Pacific is a chance for Australia to reassess its agency in maintaining strategic equilibrium, writes Evelyn Goh (ANU).
Shiro Armstrong is Director of the Australia–Japan Research Centre and the Asian Bureau of Economic Research at the Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University, and is Editor of the East Asia Forum.
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