Think Again About ASEAN
by Anthony Milner
With the government's White Paper on 'Australia in the Asian Century' imminent, ANTHONY MILNER argues Australia must focus on more than our US alliance and China. We have never been a mere 'deputy sheriff' and this needs to be made especially clear today. Closer identification with ASEAN can gain Australia more clout in Washington and Beijing, and probably New Delhi.
An excerpt from this essay was published in The Australian on 17 July 2012.
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