Hard New World: Australia’s Post-American Future
Hugh White
What is Australia’s place in the new global landscape?
Are we ready for our post-American future? In an era of rising danger for all, and dramatic choices for Australia, Hugh White explores how the world is changing and how Australia should respond.
Under Donald Trump, America’s retreat from global leadership has been swift and erratic. China, Russia and India are on the move. White explains why America has ‘lost’ Asia, what is driving events in Ukraine and the Middle East, and how the new nuclear age and the twilight of the ‘rules-based order’ are changing international relations. He discusses Albanese Labor’s record thus far and why complacency about the American alliance – including AUKUS – is no longer an option. This brilliant short book urges us to navigate a hard new world with realism and confidence.
This is a thoroughly updated and substantially expanded edition of the bestselling Quarterly Essay.
- Release
- Aug-2026
- ISBN
- 9781760646226
- RRP (AUD)
- $36.99
- Pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback & ebook
- Category
- International relations
Hugh White
Hugh White is the author of The China Choice, How to Defend Australia and four acclaimed Quarterly Essays. He is an emeritus professor of strategic studies at ANU and was the principal author of Australia’s Defence White Paper 2000.
Black Inc.
Founded in 2000, Black Inc. is an independent Australian publisher of quality non-fiction and fiction books, based in Melbourne.
