Elizabeth MacCallum, the Middle East specialist sidelined inside External Affairs, argued against partition. Lester Pearson, aligned with US strategy, made sure it passed.
Sino-American relations in the 1940s look little like the 2020s on the surface, yet the underlying dynamics of countervailing forces are remarkably familiar.
Sixteen years of parliamentary statements, defence documents, military procurement, and joint exercises tell a consistent story: alignment with the US comes before independent strategic capacity.
Two siloed DND strategies, one on Women, Peace and Security and the other on quantum science and technology, share more ground than either document admits.