Hugh White sees half the elephant

June 12, 2025

I very much welcome Henry Reynolds ‘ wise exegesis on Hugh White’s essay, which I now must read. I share White’s reported view that Australia must now declare clearly to US that we will not go to war against China as the US’ ally over Taiwan. Urgently overdue.

But it goes further than this, into the need to reshape our whole foreign policy world. We must reclaim Australia’s full sovereignty in this rapidly emerging multipolar world. We must truly become “a friend to all and an enemy to none” . We must stop demonising Russia and being trapped in our own false nightmares against that country. Almost nobody in Australia is psychologically ready for this foreign policy leap.

Surprisingly, if we can see through Zionist cruelty and false narratives, this may be the first necessary step towards an enlightened and sovereign foreign policy. We must truly engage with the world we live in. Hiding in the Anglo-American rump world is a recipe for disaster .