Like other close allies of the United States, Australia has three options in responding militarily to China’s growing power and strategic ambition in Asia.
One option is to try to help defeat the Chinese challenge to American regional leadership, and perpetuate the US role as Asia’s strongest power and Australia’s security guarantor. That would mean building expanded military capabilities designed to help Washington deter or defeat Chinese aggression.
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