Middle powers such as Australia relied on the rules-based order, but that’s in doubt. Here’s what we must do | John Blaxland

The iconoclastic news whirlwind around Donald Trump points to a new US approach on the international stage: globalism and free trade are out. Spheres of influence are back in vogue. It’s not isolationism, it’s transactional mercantilism. But with Australia heavily invested in its US…