Penny Wong will warn regional neighbours must deepen diplomatic and defence cooperation as they build up their militaries to contribute to a “strategic balance”.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong will urge regional neighbours to deepen co-operation as they strengthen their militaries to contribute to a “strategic balance” that preserves stability amid the intensifying competition between the US and China., tensions between the US and China are more than simply a “great power rivalry” and amount to “nothing less than a contest over the way our region and our world works”.
“It is also clear that countries want a region that is peaceful and stable. And that means sufficient balance to deter aggression and coercion – balance to which more players, including Australia, must contribute if it is to be durable,” Senator Wong’s notes say.Advertisement “By having strong defence capabilities of our own, and by working with partners investing in their own capabilities, we change the calculus for any potential aggressor,” Senator Wong will say.
Senator Wong will also say that Australia should deploy its statecraft to ensure that no country in the region dominates, and no country is dominated.AdvertisementLast week, AustraliaWorld Trade Organisation appeal against China’s punitive tariffs over Australian barley after Beijing announced a snap review into the levy.
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