November 23, 2017

Australia issued its new Foreign Policy White Paper on Thursday. With the three words, "Opportunity, Security, Strength" on its cover, it then opens with a blunt assessment: "Powerful drivers are converging in a way that is reshaping the international order and challenging Australia's interests." "The United States has been the dominant power in our region throughout Australia's post-World War II history. Today, China is challenging America's position." The White Paper asserts US predominance into the near future and a deepening of the US-Australia alliance.

The White Paper envisages China's GDP doubling by 2030. It states that Australia and China have "different interests, values and political and legal systems" and suggests Australia expand strategic relations with other countries, including a security dialogue with the US, Japan and India. 

Although the White Paper stresses the importance of China-Australia ties, people can sense the wariness toward China. 

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