{"id":55030,"date":"2020-04-14T15:10:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T05:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=55030"},"modified":"2020-04-14T15:10:48","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T05:10:48","slug":"its-time-for-australia-to-invoke-anzus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/its-time-for-australia-to-invoke-anzus\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s time for Australia to invoke ANZUS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The US is in its worst crisis since World War II. With more than 582,000<\/a> confirmed cases of Covid-19, it is the current global epicentre of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

More than 23,000<\/a> Americans have died from the novel coronavirus so far. Yesterday alone, over 1,500 people died across the US, nearly half of them in New York State.\u00a0On 4 April, the death toll in New York City eclipsed the 2,753<\/a> killed in the terrorist attack that brought down the Twin Towers on 11 September 2001; by yesterday, the city had lost more than 7,000 to Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Australia, too, is in crisis from the pandemic. Some 6,359<\/a> Australians have been confirmed as infected, and 61 Australians have lost their lives so far.<\/p>\n

Covid-19 is affecting the security and safety of the Australian people and the American people, and measures to contain it are changing our daily lives and threatening our economies.<\/p>\n

It is also threatening our militaries\u2019 readiness and ability to operate. A US aircraft carrier, the Theodore Roosevelt<\/a><\/em> is tied up in Guam unable to put to sea because of the virus.<\/p>\n

American and Australian military capability, along with that of other partners, is a powerful factor in keeping the peace in these dangerous times, notably in North Asia. So, Covid-19 is posing a direct threat to global security.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s exactly such times and circumstances that call for our prime minister to do what John Howard did<\/a> in the days after 9\/11, for the first time in our history, and again invoke the ANZUS Treaty<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Scott Morrison\u2019s doing so will be a hugely symbolic act of solidarity and support to the American people from our own people, which will be to both countries\u2019 benefit.<\/p>\n

We know the value of close partners during difficult times\u2014the US was one of the nations that sent firefighters<\/a> to help us during our bushfire disaster last summer. Three US firefighters lost their lives when their water-bomber crashed<\/a> while battling our fires.<\/p>\n

Invoking ANZUS will be more than symbolism. It will result in the entire Australian system working jointly with that of our American counterparts to defeat the pandemic in both of our countries\u2014with all the means of our governments and our medical professionals, scientists and engineers, in government agencies, universities, hospitals, health institutes and private companies.<\/p>\n

ANZUS can be the vehicle that maximises our nations\u2019 cooperation for our mutual benefit.<\/p>\n

The US has enormous means in this battle against the virus that will come to bear over coming days,\u00a0weeks and months.<\/p>\n

But Australia too has key capabilities\u2014our vaccine researchers are already cooperating closely with\u00a0US and other global partners, as are\u00a0our health professionals and medical companie<\/a>s.<\/p>\n

Our military has skills that can help keep ships, planes and land systems operational in light of the infection risk from Covid-19. The Australian Defence Force also has highly trained personnel who operate\u00a0our own platforms and could even augment the US\u2019s defence personnel in key roles\u2013on carriers, for example\u2014if required.<\/p>\n

Our federal and state governments have put in place a very effective range of measures that are, so far, helping ensure the virus doesn\u2019t overwhelm our health system. There\u2019s also our approach to underpin economic health during and after the pandemic that we can bring to our cooperation.<\/p>\n

Morrison\u2019s first step after invoking ANZUS should be to convene the national cabinet for a virtual meeting with President Donald Trump and his National Security Council. That will give all parties a clear understanding of the critical needs that the US and Australia have and begin to identify areas where each can help the other, through cooperation, exchange of expertise and even augmentation.<\/p>\n

Then there are the sub-national connections and partnerships that can benefit both of us. Our premiers and chief ministers have working connections with governors of US states, both through a 2018 memorandum of understanding<\/a> signed between them and through individual sister city and state relations.<\/p>\n

The MOU is a formal platform that includes cooperation on public health, which is required now. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian can also call on Sydney\u2019s sister city relationship with New York to establish a working partnership with the state\u2019s governor, Andrew Cuomo. Victoria\u2019s Premier Daniel Andrews might do the same with Governor Gavin Newsom of California.<\/p>\n

At the public sector level, there is the PM\u2019s National COVID-19 Coordination Commission<\/a>, which can be one of the means for engaging Australian and American corporate power to cope with the economic strains from the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Article III of ANZUS says<\/a>, \u2018The Parties will consult together whenever in the opinion of any of them the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the Parties is threatened in the Pacific.\u2019 Covid-19 is clearly threatening the security of the American and Australian people through its direct impact on health and life. It\u2019s also affecting our economies\u2019 ability to sustain national power and our militaries\u2019 ability to do their jobs, act in our defence and contribute to regional security in places like the South China Sea and North Asia.<\/p>\n

Scott Morrison last year called<\/a> the ANZUS Treaty \u2018the single most important achievement\u2019 of the Liberal Party in any term of government.<\/p>\n

He can now use that achievement to the benefit of both our nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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