PolicyForeign Affairs & SecurityForeign aidPrint articleOpinionWe have to be hard-nosed about soft power in AsiaThe winding down of aid to south-east Asia in the face of a rising China has cost us influence in a geopolitical cross-roads of our time.Marc PurcellMar 13, 2020 – 12.00amSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginThe substantial cuts to Australian aid to south-east Asia and the call by US Ambassador Arthur Culvahouse at The Australian Financial Review Business Summit dinner this week for Australia to "step-up" in south-east Asia should alarm all those who care about our nation’s future.It's unthinkable that in an era defined by the rise of China and Washington’s increasing reluctance to play global policeman that Australia is not using every tool in the box to build a more peaceful, prosperous and cooperative region.Loading...SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreForeign aidOpinionUSAChinaJoko WidodoGareth EvansAsia-PacificNepalPakistanVietnamCambodiaLatest In Foreign affairs & securityFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In PolicyThe Australian Financial Review MagazineSports stars keep shifting their watch brand allegiancesBani McSpeddenDark Emu beer with native grains at this destination breweryCrocs turn 23 years old. Time to grow up and get shoesBOSS Financial ReviewFour women who started businesses after the age of 45Sally PattenWhat happened when Domain learnt it spent $36m a year on meetingsThe country’s highest-paid directors revealedLife & LeisureA backyard beehive and an on-trend merino sweater to wear this winterEugenie KellyWill BMW’s Neue Klasse range be the game-changing EVs they promise?The Australian gallery that made art fun turns 20Rich ListProperty billionaire Nick Andrianakos dies in GreeceYolanda RedrupCannon-Brookes describes ‘deep internal conflict’ over his private jetOscar Piastri on the secret of his $41m-a year success
