Is China our biggest threat?
“…. the very idea of finding security in Asia is hopelessly naive and made redundant by the authoritarian character and, it is asserted, the expansionist ambitions of China.”
Really? Is not our fear of China an artificial US construct? Such fear is born out of the US’s loss of power and prestige as it fails as a nation while China grows. The US falls back on its usual answer to everything – guns and war. We don’t have to be part of that.
If Australia is to be afraid of another nation, it’s biggest threat is the US dragging us into a war that no one needs. We will always be a second tier nation. The trick we don’t seem to have considered, let alone mastered, is to stand independently and get on with other nations in the spirit of fairness and mutual progress.
After the next election, might we have a hung Parliament that dares, or is forced, to take a more adult and enlightened approach to our neighbours near and far? I’ll live in hope that more electorates will be campaigning for a community independent MP so Australia can re-think how and where we sit in the world.
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