#ALLY SMART NOTES REGISTRATION#
When Australia stood up for itself against China-banning Chinese equipment from Australian 5G telecom equipment, passing legislation to counter foreign interference attempts, and requiring the registration of all who lobby on behalf of foreign governments, including national security as a criterion in its foreign investment reviews, and calling for an independent investigation of the origin and causes of the Covid-19 pandemic-China reacted with a series of restrictions on Australian exports to China, a refusal to meet (or even talk to) any Australian government officials, and threatened for more retaliatory actions.
The United States needs to be thinking and acting now with the sense of urgency demanded by the rapidly deteriorating and extremely difficult threat environment.Īustralia has been the target of Chinese efforts over the past several years to weaken Australia's alliance with the United States by exploiting its position as Australia’s leading trade partner and meddling in the Australian political system through its foreign interference campaign. naval fighter aircraft, and even transfer bolts for U.S.-made aircraft flown by the Australian military. law and bureaucracy creates months of delays to service U.S.-made helicopters, prevent the repair of U.S. AUKUS-the defense-technology sharing agreement signed last year by the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom-cannot achieve its ambitious goals of sharing and codeveloping critical and emerging technologies, from nuclear submarines to hypersonic missiles and autonomous systems, without revising ITAR, at least for Australia as the United States has previously done for Canada under the National Technology and Industrial Base (NTIB). The country’s national security is now undermined by outdated ITAR laws that are unintentionally handing a technological and military advantage to adversaries. national interests include having the most advanced technology and most capable close allies. The International Trade and Arms Regulations (ITAR) system is the most significant obstacle to win this strategic competition.
These should be reformed, otherwise the United States’ chances of winning this strategic competition are at serious risk. The National Security Strategy (NSS), released by the White House on October 12, states that the United States and its allies face a global strategic competition with China-its first major opponent since World War Two, which has “both the intent to reshape the international order and, increasingly, the economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power to advance that objective.” Despite recognizing the necessity of working as closely as possible with key allies, there remain significant regulatory and bureaucratic barriers from earlier times.
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