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Tag Archives: Australia China Relations
Beyond COVID-19: Australia, the ‘dangerous decade’ and the panic to come
International Relations will continue beyond the COVID-19 crisis and so too, the rise of China. This analysis covers offers a perspective of the dire position Australia is in, as the decade 2020 – 2030 rolls on. Continue reading
Posted in American politics, Asia-Pacific Politics, Asian Century Politics, Australian politics, COVID19, Europe, European politics, Indonesia, international relations, Papua New Guinea, Rise of China, taiwan, Taiwan politics, war, warfare
Tagged Australia China Relations, China, conflict, Papua New Guinea
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Federation University: Cultural Enquiry and Research Group. Presentation, 7 November, 2019.
A Year of Living Next to the Dragon: Taiwan – China and an Asia-Pacific War Presenter: Dr Strobe Driver Introduction: The following is the written version of a presentation I gave at Federation University, for the Cultural Enquiry and Research … Continue reading
Australia as a beggar nation: How the Country Liberal Party made the Port of Darwin a geo-strategic requisite for China
photo credit: prospectmagazine.co.u Introduction The analysis of Australia’s leasing of the Port of Darwin (PofD) to a Chinese company (Landbridge Industry Australia) in 2017—ABC News ‘Why did the Northern Territory lease the Darwin Port to China, and at what risk?’[1]—and … Continue reading
Australia should consider hosting bases with US forces: A response to this absurd and dangerous proposal in the coming age of pax-Sino
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australia-should-consider-hosting-bases-with-us-forces-says-defence-analyst-ross-babbage-20150811-giwo8l.html This is yet another, ridiculous and ill-informed commentary from the conservative (I would suggest neo-conservative) Menzies Institute and Ross Babbage’s comments should be rebuffed in no uncertain terms. There is an assumption that is so entrenched in this Institute … Continue reading
But will China invade Australia?
These past weeks have seen Clive Palmer MP berate the People’s Republic of China (PRC) government and other (Chinese) that have had business dealings with him. This was followed by a further dictum from his colleague Senator Jacqui Lambie speaking … Continue reading
Australia’s Abbott government, the Asia-Pacific region and the ‘China Divide’
Prime Minister (PM) Abbott arrived in China after a somewhat successful mission to Japan and South Korea recently, in acquiring trade benefits on some Australian exports. Broadly speaking, his visit to parts of the Asia-Pacific (AP) region has been hailed … Continue reading
The Rise of Pax-Sino and the Asia-Pacific Region
This is a presentation I gave as part of the Cultural Enquiry Research Group (CERG) on the 3rd of March 2014, entitled ‘The Kangaroo, the Eagle and the Dragon: Australia-America-China and the possibility of war in the ‘Asian Century.’ It … Continue reading
Australian Navy ‘strays’ into Indonesian waters
There is much to read in to what has happened recently in the straying of Australian Navy vessels into Indonesian sovereign waters and the ire this has raised in the officials of their government. From a party that espouses ‘sovereignty’ one would think … Continue reading
The Indonesia spy scandal and the future for Australia
Professor White of the ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre is right in his article in The Age, on 26 November, 2013: ‘Abbott playing with diplomatic fire in Asia.’ The level of incompetence shown by the Abbott government in dealing with … Continue reading
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Tagged America Australia Relations, America China Relations, Asia-pacific, Asia-Pacific politics, Australia China Relations, Australian politics, international politics, sphere of influence, strategic alliances
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Abbott and the Archipelago
The recent lecturing of the Abbott government to the Indonesian government about what Australia will do about asylum-seeker boats is an affront to Indonesian sovereignty on several levels. Firstly, we (that is Western Europeans) forced the concept of sovereignty on to Asia and for us to … Continue reading