Why South China Sea is the flashpoint that could spark war
The worry for Australia is that rather than Taiwan, the worsening situation in the seas east of Asia is more likely to entangle it in a great power conflict.
Public debates about the future of war in Asia have long presented the scenario of China invading Taiwan as the most likely to entangle Australia in a regional conflict.
Yet, across the region, concerns are shifting from Taiwan to the South China Sea as the flashpoint that could spark a great-power conflict.
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Bec Strating is Director, La Trobe Asia and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University
