Australia is making significant financial contributions to the US shipbuilding industry, totaling $1.6bn thus far, as part of the Aukus agreement for future submarine production.
A US intelligence assessment indicates that President Trump's bombing campaign in Iran may have delayed its nuclear program temporarily, although doubts linger about long-term effectiveness.
After the Second World War, the United States approved funding - which would eventually rise to more than $12 billion - for the rebuilding of western Europe. Known as the Marshall Plan, it was not merely an act of generosity. It was a calculated effort to rebuild economies, stabilize democracies and contain the spread of extremism. Building resilient societies abroad will similarly make people safer in their own nations today.
