Australia Must Strengthen Military Capability, Have Less Reliance on US: Defense Minister

Members of the Australian Defence Forces (ADF) march during an Anzac Day parade in Brisbane, Australia on April 25, 2022. Dan Peled/Getty Images

Defence Minister Richard Marles has warned that the situation in the Indo-Pacific has become “far too precarious” to depend on the United States as Australia’s security guarantor.

Australia’s alliance with the United States has been central to the country’s view of the world and national security since World War II.