In a world where leverage beats values-based alliances, strategic autonomy is a necessity both for economic growth and diplomatic success. Therefore, the next budget must be anchored in foreign policy as much as local economic needs.
I argued in June last year that in a multipolar world, with global equations in flux, support and opposition are likely to be based more on realpolitik and respective national interests and ideology may serve, at best, as a rationalisation or excuse.
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