Most Western thinkers long ago came to see communist ideology as effectively dead—even in China, where, in the late 1970s, the CCP leader Deng Xiaoping set aside the Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy in favour of something more akin to state capitalism. But Kevin Rudd says Xi has brought that era of pragmatic, non-ideological governance to a crashing […]
War over Taiwan neither imminent or inevitable
Writing in Foreign Affairs magazine, Jessica Chen Wise, Professor for China and Asia Pacific Studies at Cornell University warns that mounting concern in the West at the prospect that China might invade Taiwan risks turning into a self-fulfilling prophecy. She says fears that China will soon invade Taiwan are overblown. There is little evidence that […]
US and China at War over Taiwan- Have we already chosen involvement?
Underlying the critics concern about AUKUS and the purchase of nuclear sub-marines is that these developments increase the likelihood that Australia would participate with the US in a war with China over Taiwan. Defence minister Richard Marles has denied that AUKUS and the submarine deal carry these implications, insisting that participation in such a war […]
AUKUS and the Subs
Paul Keating raised two essential points in criticising AUKUS and the nuclear submarines deal. First that China has not threatened Australia and is not a threat to Australia. Second that even if China was a threat, the nuclear submarines would not be the best defence capability for meeting it. Like “throwing toothpicks at a mountain” […]
The South China Sea Dispute- What is it all about?
Defence Minister Richard Marles has stated the nuclear subs will be essential for protecting Australia’s vital trade passages through the Indo-Pacific, a region where China is showing growing assertiveness. He told the ABC’s Insiders program the AUKUS submarines would back up Australia’s interest in protecting trade and freedom of navigation and flight in the South China […]
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