Australia’s alliance with the US will be on full display as high-level talks and military exercises get under way—a demonstration of power that may overshadow Canberra’s efforts at a nuanced foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific.
Australian and US forces on Saturday begin two weeks of drills as part of “Exercise Talisman Sabre.” It will be the largest version of the regular military exercises yet, with 30,000 personnel from about a dozen countries participating, including in livefire drills and amphibious landings off Australia’s northeast coast.
Yet Australia is also in a complicated spot. Not only is China its largest trading partner and the key driver of its prosperity over the past 20 years, but the center-left government has sought to forge a more independent foreign policy stance since taking office in May 2022 to avoid being seen as a US proxy.
“Australia’s defense cooperation with the United States is unprecedented in scale, scope and significance,” Marles said in a statement ahead of the visit. “Australia will continue to work with our partners, including the United States, to build a region that is peaceful, stable and prosperous.” The Asia-Pacific region is not an “arena for the ambitions of others,” Albanese said in Singapore last month, adding that major powers had a responsibility to maintain stable relations with each other.
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