What I'm Reading
May 30: Five reads that piqued my interest this week
An Asian NATO?
My top read this week comes from Ely Ratner, former US Assistant Secretary of Defence for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, who argues the United States should build a collective defence pact comprising Australia, Japan and the Philippines.
It is a provocative idea.
It would open up difficult politics in Australia, given MAGA’s behaviour towar…
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