U.S. will listen more to Australia and Japan if they speak together

Tokyo-Canberra partnership is about both managing Beijing and managing Washington

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Anthony Albanese greets Fumio Kishida in Perth on October 22: Japan and Australia agreed at their annual leaders' meeting to seek bilateral consultations in the event of regional contingencies. © Reuters

Tom Corben is a research fellow in the foreign policy and defense program of the University of Sydney's United States Studies Center. Jada Fraser is editor-in-chief of the Georgetown Journal of Asian Affairs.

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