The future of America's alliances

Published: July 29, 2020, 6:06 a.m.

b"It is nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War. Amidst China\\u2019s rise and Russia\\u2019s revanchism, and in a historic moment of crisis, will American policymakers reconceive the role alliances should play in 21st century national security strategy and recapture one of the country\\u2019s great strategic successes? Or will they let them wither? How will this affect Australia?\\n\\nIn her new book, Shields of the Republic: The Triumph and Peril of America's Alliances, Mira Rapp-Hooper reveals the remarkable and unheralded success of the United States\\u2019 alliance system, charts its dangerous strategic drift, and proposes an agenda for its renewal.\\n\\nTo discuss these issues, USSC hosted a webinar event featuring Dr Mira Rapp-Hooper, Senior Fellow for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in conversation with Dr Charles Edel, Senior Fellow at the US Studies Centre and Dr John Lee, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the US Studies Centre."