The closing months of 2016 provided ample fodder for sceptics of the future of NATO, as well as critics of the Australian relationship with the Atlantic alliance. The questions about NATO come at a time of unstable global security, amid ongoing tensions with Russia and the uncertainty of the Trump presidency. What does this mean for Australian foreign policy?
Long-mooted predictions of NATO’s demise have once again reared their heads. Can an alliance, already struggling to juggle traditional European concerns with a range of global threats, survive the shocks of a Trump presidency?
The February 2016 Australian Defence White Paper reiterated Australia’s …read more
Australia-NATO Cooperation and Trump
