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...said he asked her if she knew a “Mike Dupont,” and when Nagler said no, he proceeded to knock on her blockmate’s door...
...microphone on foreign affairs to Kevin Rudd, a centrist well known and respected in Washington. "The calculation of the political hardheads in the party is that no Labor party can win an election in Australia on a position of anti-Americanism or opposition to the American alliance," says Alan Dupont, a defense and strategy analyst at Sydney's Lowy Institute for Public Policy. A Beazley-Rudd foreign policy would differ in emphasis from the Coalition's, says William Tow, professor of international relations at Griffith University. But "in office, the two sides' positions on the alliance would be closer than...
...going to be pro-American and contribute to Iraq," says Dupont, "then the way Howard did it" - sending small but highly effective forces and bringing most of them home quickly and without casualties - "is a textbook example of how to make a minimal commitment militarily and reap maximum political and alliance dividends." At the Republican National Convention last month, President George W. Bush thanked the Australian P.M. before any other leader. "America is grateful," he said. "And America will not forget." The U.S. has already remembered its Aussie ally with a free-trade agreement that could boost the $A800 billion...
...Labor, Iraq is too far from home. "The defense of Australia is the top priority for an Australian government," Beazley says. That involves "self reliance within the context of the alliance." To strategy analyst Dupont, "self-reliance sounds like we would basically do everything ourselves and if the Americans assist us, well and good, but we won't assume they will." In practice, he says, independence is impossible. Since the late 1990s, when the Howard government began revamping the military for the 21st century, Australian and U.S. forces have become increasingly interdependent, sharing intelligence, training, weaponry, technology and communications systems...
...line," says Tow, "there would probably be extensive talks on how to finesse this." There might then be a slightly uncomfortable "getting to know you" period, but it's unlikely the alliance would suffer permanent harm. "Even though Latham is a bit persona non grata in Washington," says Dupont, a Labor government could draw on exceptionally large reserves of goodwill. "Australia's reputation is very, very high in Washington," he says. "And it's likely to remain that way for a few years...