Australia’s strategic update by the numbers
The 2020 defence strategic update is analysis framed by numbers (and dollars), a melding of meanings and means and mental maps.
To follow the strategic accounting, see what the update counts. Find the strategy in the numbers.
As usual in Oz defence thinking, the United States is the country that Australia mentions the most—it’s referred to in the update 17 times, plus twice in the formulation ‘US-led coalition’.
