New Australia defense strategy ignores US elephant in the room

Sometimes new government strategies really aren’t newsworthy. The 2026 National Defence Strategy (NDS) is like that. The biggest headline from the document is the additional defense spending of A$53 billion (US$38 billion) over the next decade, which the government claims (with some accounting sleights of hand) will reach 3% of GDP. While this technically meets […] The post New Australia defense strategy ignores US elephant in the room appeared first on Asia Times.