No. The USA saved Australia from Japan in WWII. A possible threat could be, if you don't help us now then when China attacks you we won't help you again.
The USA can also send billions of dollars of military spending Australia's way. The authorities will surely get a goodly share of that. In the words of Hillary Clinton, "carrot and stick."
China is Australia's biggest trading partner. China is also the USA's biggest trading partner at 18% of imports. Weird, eh? The trade relations of neoliberal globalism were supposed to prevent war. It seemed to be working too until the USA decided to screw it all up.
No. The USA saved Australia from Japan in WWII. A possible threat could be, if you don't help us now then when China attacks you we won't help you again.
The USA can also send billions of dollars of military spending Australia's way. The authorities will surely get a goodly share of that. In the words of Hillary Clinton, "carrot and stick."
China is Australia's biggest trading partner. China is also the USA's biggest trading partner at 18% of imports. Weird, eh? The trade relations of neoliberal globalism were supposed to prevent war. It seemed to be working too until the USA decided to screw it all up.