Is Australia Set to Become a Security Threat for the United States?

There has been considerable debate about Trump’s plan to incorporate Greenland into the American “empire,” something which I think has great strategic and security advantages.

There has even been trolling, perhaps half serious, of Canada being absorbed as the 51st state of the U.S.

But so far nothing has been said about Australia, which is of even greater strategic defense interest to the United States than Greenland. Many Americans may think that there is no problem here as we have the AUKUS treaty for defense. However, in this brief note I would like to ignite a debate about Australia/U.S. relations, in the light of disturbing developments in Australia.

There are many inter-related issues here, so I will skate over them to give an overview. I am thus not concerned with rolling out supporting statistics here, rather than make an initial case that others can debate.

First, Australia has for some decades, perhaps since early 1980, been actively pursuing a policy of Asianization.

One part of this is about trade integration with Asia to ensure markets for its raw materials, as that is about all Australia has, having had its manufacturing base eliminated, more than perhaps…