Part 13/13:
As the government continues to juggle these conflicting priorities, the question remains: Can Australia truly secure its sovereignty if it sells out to the very regime it fears? The answers, much like the pandas, lie in whether Canberra can reconcile its love of symbolism with the necessity of strategic clarity. The "bear" in the room is indeed the madness of a foreign policy that’s more talk than action—one that risks costing Australia dearly in the long run.