ANZUS alliance: myth or reality?

9 September 2011

Tom Switzer
Presenter, ABC Radio National

Radio Australia Connect Asia Program

Tom Switzer He says the ANZUS alliance will ultimately endure because of Australia's need for "a great and powerful friend", as stated by former Australian prime minister Sir Robert Menzies.

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Tom Switzer
Presenter, ABC Radio National
Tom Switzer was a senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre until March 2017. He is a presenter on the ABC’s Radio National and a columnist at Fairfax publications.

First published

9 September 2011

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