China’s Belt and Road Initiative involves direct investment and infrastructure improvements in countries, cities, and ports across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. (U.S. Naval Institute graphic)
Kevin Rudd, Proceedings Magazine: Can China and the United States Avoid War?
As Prime Minister of Australia, through the Australian Defence White Paper of 2009, I was proud to commission the largest peacetime expansion of the Australian Navy in its history—growing our surface fleet by a third and doubling the submarine fleet. That naval expansion had a strategic purpose in mind—namely, the change in the economic and military balance of power between China and the United States. The white paper concluded:
Barring major setbacks, China by 2030 will become a major driver of economic activity both in the region and globally, and will have strategic influence beyond East Asia.
The crucial relationship in the region, but also globally, will be that between the United States and China. The management of the relationship between Washington and Beijing will be of paramount importance for strategic stability in the Asia-Pacific region. . . .
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WNU Editor: This is a must read from Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
I hope we can avoid war with China. If we can't we need to structure and deploy our military in such a way that we have a fighting chance to win.
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