Why the US and its partners cannot afford to go soft on support for Ukraine now
- Written by Matthew Sussex, Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU, Australian National University
In recent weeks, US President Joe Biden has boldly referred to the United States as the world’s “indispensable nation”.
But when the term was first coined – by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in the 1990s – the world was a markedly different place. The Cold War had just ended, with America victorious. It...
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