Keating has lost the plot, page-200

In terms of game theory Australia has received some fancy psychological assurance of security as utility return of this choice, at the cost of losing degrees of freedom and flexibility of choice of positions which are crucial in geopolitical play. With all cards down on the table, Australia is at the hands of lady fortune for the next three decades. No HC investor would act in this way against all odds. It's desperate, completely madness.