Susannah Patton, Foreign Policy and Defence Research Fellow, appeared on ABC Radio National program "Future Tense" with Anthony Funnell for a discussion on President Biden's ambitions to establish a new alliance of democracies to counter the rise of authoritarianism. A global summit for the proposed alliance is reportedly being planned for later in the year.
Defence5 August 2021
A new alliance of democracies
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Susannah Patton