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China’s Pacific foothold exposes ‘new cold war’ hyperbole
Having preened on the global stage for standing up to the China threat, the Morrison government has now been shown to have little influence in the region most crucial to our security.
James CurranInternational editorAmidst the tumult arising from the Solomon Islands-China security agreement, two clear points emerge.
The first is the inherent right of any country to make sovereign decisions in its own interest. Although acknowledged in the White House summary of the visit to Honiara by President Joe Biden’s Asia supremo, Kurt Campbell, one has to strain to hear Scott Morrison or his ministers enunciate this principle, one so relevant to all Pacific nations.
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