By Anton Tsvetov

June 8, 2016

"This year's Shangri-La Dialogue clearly showed that Asia has not become safer over the last year and is unlikely to become any safer in the near future. Quite the contrary, the security threats at hand may well extend far into the next decades, making the Asian Century not one of economic dynamism, but of political squabbles.

Just this week, a high-level team of scholars, former diplomats, and intelligence officers from the Australian National University visited Moscow and held meetings with think-tanks, government agencies, and media - a Track 1.5 engagement not seen in a long time. The two countries are not on the best terms these days, with bitter manifestations from the infamous 'shirt-fronting' threat by then-Prime Minister Tony Abbott to actual economic sanctions arranged by the United States and EU and joined by Australia."

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http://thediplomat.com/2016/06/australia-russia-and-a-rules-based-order-in-asia/

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