Other questions.
How does Australia really stand with supporting Japan and the Philippines? Going to Cope North and other exercises, by themselves are not enough.
"It’s time for the US and its Asian allies to establish some maritime ‘red lines’ in Northeast Asia."
I am curious how the author thinks Australia fits into the "Asian allies" statement?
Appeasement to China? Or stand tall with our allies who are being bullied?
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China's First Island Chain denotes its primary area of strategic interest as the emergent major power in that part of the world. It really says to the US, as for the Brits, that you should butt out in this region.
The Second Island Chain outlines a geographic area within which China might be prepared to exert military muscle downstream, if the US and allies (like Australia) keep interfering in South East Asian affairs within the First Island Chain. The Americans of course do not want to read the tea leaves because they are still bent toward excuses to maintain the magnitude of their military-industrial complex, which absorbed about 31 percent of government expenditure in Year 2010.
Providing surveillance and deterrence capabilities regarding Australia's maritime trade routes closer to home, ought to be where defence strategy is directed rather than meddling again in SE Asia at behest of the US. We should be frank with the Americans that the ANZUS alliance be focused principally on the SW Pacific Ocean region.
All of the Asian nations are so dependent on trade that it is hard to imagine closure of sea corridors in any disputes. They are quite capable of resolving their own issues without Western interference.
Should just sell Taiwan, South Korea and Japan what they need.
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