Commentary
Australia’s new government has committed to containing the strategic expansion of China but may be thwarted by a domestic agenda, which funds away from the defense.
Rampant inflation and domestic energy shortfalls will compound Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s problems.
Key members of his Australian Labor Party (ALP) had been accused of unwarranted closeness to China when the party was in opposition, not least incoming Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
So on day two of his term, on May 24, Albanese met in Tokyo with the three other Quad leaders (U.S. President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida) and reaffirmed Australian support for the defense of Taiwan and the continuation of Australian and U.S. policies toward Taiwan….
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