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Nearly 2,000 foreign soldiers will soon enter the country for Exercise Talisman Sabre, Australia’s largest joint military training exercise with the United States, and all will spend two weeks in quarantine.
The biennial exercise will take place mainly across central and northeast Queensland, including at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, from July 14 to July 31.
The scale of the ninth iteration of the exercise has been reduced because of Covid-19, with about 17,000 people expected to take part.
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The United States would benefit from reframing the way it employs forces globally to remain relevant in great power competition, particularly in light of persistent competition with China. Partnerships set the conditions for mutual operational success. The Australian and U.S. alliance, in particular, can offer both countries relative advantage by increasing training and operational opportunities in pursuit of shared security objectives.
In July 2020, civilian leaders from both nations’ diplomatic corps and militaries came together at the Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) 2020 to discuss complementary concerns and interests. The result was a clear articulation of the areas in which little daylight exists between the two. Specifically, participants reaffirmed that China cannot assert maritime claims in the South China Sea (SCS) “based on the ‘nine-dash line,’ ‘historic rights,’ or entire South China Sea island groups, which are incompatible with the Unite
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