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The Looming Threat of a New Axis and the Decline of the Liberal World Order

The Divergence Between the US and Australia

As we approach the 50th anniversary of the founding of this great institution, we are also nearing the 50-year mark since Henry Kissinger had to contemplate whether the United States should give up on Australia. The relationship between Kissinger and then-Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was a tumultuous one, marked by Whitlam's criticism of the US bombing of North Vietnam and his desire to pull Australia out of the Vietnam War.