• Hugh White, Michael Wesley, Peter Hartcher
• Big Ideas, ABC Radio National

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13 June 2011Traditionally Australia's political allegiances have been with the United States. More recently our economic fortunes have been tied to China, which is asserting itself as a global power and in the process perhaps challenging American hegemony. So do we have to choose where our primary allegiance lies?

Guests

Hugh White
Professor of Strategic Studies at the Australian National University and a Visiting Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. Former intelligence analyst with the Office of National Assessments; and former senior advisor to former Defence Minister Kim Beasley and Prime Minister Bob Hawke

Michael Wesley
Executive Director of the Lowy institute for International Policy. Previously Professor of International Relations and Director of the Griffith Asia Institute at Griffith University. And former visiting fellow at the University of Hong Kong and Sun Yat-Sen University in China.

Peter Hartcher
Political Editor and International Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald