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White Paper without funds makes no sense
The military budget is already stretched to breaking point, writes Peter Jennings in this opinion piece. The Australian, 29 April.
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With input from ASPI researchers and contributors from around the world, The Strategist hosts material to stimulate thinking and discussion about the critical strategic choices which our country will face over the coming years. You’ll find shorter items here than in our ongoing lines, but there’ll be the same mix of informed opinion and qualitative and quantitative analysis for which ASPI is known, including commentary and discussion, graphs, maps and book reviews. Visit The Strategist

Facing the dragon: China policy in a new era

Recapping the dramatic Whitlam-Nixon openings to China of the 1970s—in which he participated—Ross Terrill’s new study finds fascinating themes for China policy today. Our Asia–Pacific region prospers, but the seas off China are not tranquil. American policies protect Australia, but they worry some Australians. Whitlam and Nixon cancelled decades of war in the Asia–Pacific, ushering in decades of astonishing economic growth for Australia, China and others. Can it last? Will the Chinese, who have much to lose from more war, accept give and take with Washington and Tokyo, or will the Middle Kingdom demand the middle position, squeezing its fourteen contiguous neighbours? Read more...