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Australia's Strategic Withdrawal?

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May 04, 2013
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Australia's 2013 defense white paper, released to the public today, is a very paradoxical document. Although there were very few surprises in the purchases and future spending outlook, the spirit of the paper appears to signal the country's abandonment of its self-view as a "middle power" into what could be argued as "strategic withdrawal."

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