And Australia should make clear to the Biden administration any such commitment is not in the interests of allies.
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Andrew O'Neil is Professor of Political Science and Dean (Research) in the Business School at Griffith University. Andrew’s research expertise focuses on the intersection of strategic, political, and economic change with particular emphasis on security and international relations. He is co-author (with Stephan Fruhling) of Partners in Deterrence: US Nuclear Weapons and Alliances in Europe and Asia, forthcoming in 2021 with Manchester University Press. Before taking up his first academic post in 2000, Andrew worked as an intelligence analyst in the Australian government.