Australia's vaccine diplomacy in Pacific islands wards off Beijing - PM Morrison
Raw StoryMAR 17 2022
China's recent call for a reset in frosty relations between the nations indicates a softening attitude — evidently, China realizes it's risking its international reputation and economic strength by pursuing such a hostile approach in the Pacific region. However, until China's emerging strategy becomes more apparent, greater cooperation between US allies such as Australia, with countries like Fiji and the Solomon Islands, is necessary to maintain territorial independence.
Australian alliances with neighboring countries — formed in opposition to China — are the result of coordinated efforts by the US to turn foreign nations into their own military stepping stones. Such agreements ensure that deployments in strategically sensitive areas would only bring counterattacks on a foreign frontline while the US can sit idly across the Pacific to reap the rewards of their efforts.