Rudd's Reasonable Departure
TMV's Swaraaj Chauhan sees this announcement by Australia's center-left prime minister, Kevin Rudd, concerning its defensive naval build-up as part of a strategy to make Australia «Asia-literate».
The Australian prime minister's vision is a refreshing departure from other powerful world leaders who are seeking alliances with one another primarily based on military and economic considerations. Pity the US leaders never attempted any cultural interaction with Iraq and Afghanistan in the past six years of engagement in the two countries.
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However, Kevin Rudd is also taking a realistic view of developments in Asia. He warned that nations across Asia were modernising their military forces, particularly with more powerful jet fighters and submarines, and that Australia must respond with its own upgrade.
According to The Australian, Rudd is concerned most about PRC and India, and assumes that the power of the US would decline relative to that of other nations in coming decades but that it would remain the world's only superpower until the middle of the century and maintain its 'global leadership role'.»
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