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US No Longer Sole Indo-Pacific Leader: Australian Defence Review

© Photo : MC2 Arthur RosenArleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) conducts routine underway operations. Benfold is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) conducts routine underway operations. Benfold is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. - Sputnik India, 1920, 24.04.2023
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Australia's Defence Strategic Review (DSR) was released on Monday, proposing a major overhaul of the Australian Defence Force with the need to make the nation more "self-reliant", media reported.
The United States is no longer the "only pole of power in the Indo-Pacific region," which forces Australia to rethink its approaches to ensuring peace and poses the near prospect of a conflict threatening its national security.
This is reportedly stated in the government's "National Defense" report, the authors of which are former heads of the Australian Defence Ministry Angus Houston and Stephen Smith.

"After the end of the World War II, Australia has faced various threats to its national security, however, the current geopolitical circumstances are radically different from anything before. The United States is no longer the sole pole of power in the Indo-Pacific region and the strategic competition between major countries has resumed with its intensity becoming a defining feature of the current era."

Australia's Defence Strategic Review 2023
In light of this, the authors of the report noted that Canberra must revise "its principles and approaches in order to avoid the highest-level strategic risks – the prospect of a major conflict in the region that directly threatens the nation’s security."
According to the report, the Indo-Pacific region has "entered a decisive period, where strategic risks require new approaches towards planning their own defence, careful analysis of deployment locations, size and structure of their armed forces, as well as acquisition of combat and defence assets".

"In the new [geopolitical] conditions, Australia must actively act and deepen diplomatic ties with their partners, strengthening their military potential and expanding scientific, technological and industrial cooperation with the USA and NATO countries," the document stated.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, talks with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida before their delegation level meeting in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 20, 2023. - Sputnik India, 1920, 20.03.2023
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