In this episode of Democracy Sausage, eminent strategic studies expert Hugh White joins Mark Kenny to examine Australias strategy for dealing with rising tensions between the United States and China and the prospects for armed conflict in the region.

For decades Australian leaders have said the country doesnt need to choose between its history and its geography between the United States and China but has this position now been abandoned? Is the Chinese Government making an example of Australia by putting it in the diplomatic deep freeze? And how are other governments in the region, such as New Zealand and Japan, managing their relationships with the United States and China? On this episode of_Democracy Sausage_, principal author of the 2000 Defence White Paper, Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies Hugh White, joins Professor Mark Kenny to discuss regional tensions and Australias strategy for managing its relationships with China and the United States. Listen here:https://bit.ly/2TWh6Fd

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