From Deft Diplomacy to Rebalancing Hard Power: Australia and Indian Ocean Strategic Futures

Australia’s response to the scenarios presented in the futures analysis presented here by Arzan Tarapore and David Brewster can be broken down into two types. The first type considers the need for deft diplomacy in response to a more illiberal India, whereas the second highlights the more strategically significant impacts of an Indian or U.S. retrenchment or withdrawal from the region.