No, the only possible scenario for a conflict involving Australia is in Taiwan Strait or in the South China Sea. That means you would have a conflict closer to our doorstep, it’s not the other way around. So if you are talking deterrence, deterrence for what, against what? So again th...
Albanese said that Australia appreciates China's important role in APEC and other multilateral mechanisms, supports China's role as the host of APEC in 2026, and stands ready to strengthen multilateral communication with China to promote regional peace, stability...
Furthermore, disintegration avoidance was found to relate positively to conflict avoidance and negatively to negotiation in a conflict situation. Study 2 examined how the harmony factors were related to various conflict styles in China and Australia. The three harmony factors were identifiable in ...
Over the last two decades China has emerged as Australia's biggest resources export market. Hence Australia is confronted with a policy dilemma. In the event of conflict between the USA and China, which way will Australia turn?doi:10.1007/978-3-319-69347-7_6Allan Patience...
Many high-placed politicians, generals and journalists are ratcheting up tensions with insane talk of a military conflict with Beijing being ‘highly likely’. For the sake of world peace, they need to grow up and shut up.
Li, Albanese and senior ministers of both administrations met at Parliament House to discuss thorny issues, including lingering trade barriers, conflict between their militaries in international waters and China’s desire to invest in critical minerals. ...
Australia had backed the Philippines’ push to have the ASEAN declaration adopted at the end of summit cite a 2016 arbitration ruling in The Hague, Netherlands, that invalidated Beijing’s vast territorial claims in the South China Sea, which conflict with the claims of several ASEAN states. Chi...
In retaliation, China sharply ramps uptrade conflictwith Australia – imposing steep tariffs and other restrictions or boycott on a number of Australian exports. Products like wheat, barley, sugar, red wine, beef, timber, wool, cotton, sugar, lobster, iron ore, co...
To be sure, the events of the past few years have injected a dose of pessimism into international affairs. Fears are often expressed that we are headed towards worst-case scenarios of confrontation and conflict, with deepening strategic distrust. That's why APEC remains very important as a plat...
In a report “Australia faces the threat of war with China within three years – and we’re not ready,” we learn the names of the five “experts”Sydney Morning HeraldandThe Agehave recruited to make the titular claim, and you’re never going to believe this but it turns out they ten...