Recently, Rory Medcalf, dean of the Australian National University’s (ANU) School of National Security, told a webinar at the Foreign Policy Think Tank in Washington that Australia is experiencing resistance to China (CCP) in the Indo-Pacific region and is at the forefront of the fight against Chinese (CCP) intervention and coercion. Pictured is the Australian Parliament building in Canberra.
Australia is experiencing a counterweight to China (CCP) in the Indo-Pacific region and is at the forefront of countering Chinese (CCP) intervention and coercion, Rory Medcalf, dean of the Australian National University (ANU) School of National Security, said recently at a webinar on Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific Regional Security Architecture hosted by the Foreign Policy Think Tank in Washington.
On January 12, the Center for Strategic & International Studies, a Washington-based foreign policy think tank, held a webinar on how Taiwan can be more effectively integrated into the regional security architecture with the support of the United States and its allies.
Australia began fighting the Chinese Communist Party several years ago
Speaking at the seminar, Medcalfe said there is a growing international recognition that Australia is in a very challenging position in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly in terms of its relationship with China (the Chinese Communist Party). The Australian government sees this challenge very clearly and was at the forefront three or four years ago when it started to confront China (CCP), for example on the 5G network, foreign interference, and coercion against China (CCP) in the region.
“We have seen an accelerating trend of Chinese (CCP) assertiveness, and the Australian government and journalists have warned several years ago that Chinese (CCP) assertiveness towards Taiwan is an early warning for the region and the world.”
He said that the acceleration of China’s (CCP) economic coercion of Australia on all fronts over the past 12 months has, in addition to sparking a more heated debate internationally; at the same time, has allowed the Australian government to begin to accept the reality that it will not build a relationship of trust with the CCP.
He believes that to a large extent, Australia will rely on its own economic resilience, its own resilience and its position in the broader system against China (the CCP).
Australia should develop a relationship with Taiwan
According to Medcalfe, as a full member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, Taiwan plays an important role in the Indo-Pacific region, contributing to regional peace, security and economic prosperity.
Speaking about the status of Taiwan in the region, and Australia’s relationship with Taiwan, he argued that Taiwan has brought the world’s attention with its ability and experience in achieving and maintaining social normality by quickly controlling the epidemic within a democratic framework. In addition, Taiwan’s resistance to Chinese Communist intervention in the elections a year ago signaled the robustness of Taiwan’s democratic institutions. Increasingly, the facts show that Taiwan remains an integral part of the regional economy. He said there is room for Australia to develop a relationship with Taiwan politically and economically.
“Taiwan is an important part of the geo-economic fabric of the Indo-Pacific region and the world, and the threat to Taiwan from China (CCP) is not only a threat to a regional economy, but a threat to U.S. allies and their partners in checking China (CCP) and guarding democracy.”
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