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In this extended article for The Diplomat, the Lowy Institute’s Rory Medcalf examines the aspirations and the omissions of the Australia’s Government’s October 2012 Asian Century white paper. He argues that the paper presents too benign and linear a view of the Asian strategic environment, and that Australia needs to strengthen its instruments of policy – such as defence and diplomacy – regardless of where the region is headed.
Australia place in the Asian century
About the author
Rory Medcalf
Professor Rory Medcalf is a former Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute.
The full text of the article is available from The Diplomat.