United States Studies Centre Non-Resident Senior Fellow Ashley Townshend was interviewed for Ten News First to discuss the latest Australia-US Ministerial meeting. He says Australia-US defence cooperation enables the two countries to be "a lot more responsive and a lot more able to deter Chinese aggression anywhere in the region."
Defence29 July 2023
Australia-US defence cooperation enables better deterrence
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