Why Ukraine Matters to Australia
The DiplomatThe new Australian Labor Party government has taken office in a time of greater global difficulties compared to 2013, when it last held power. Australia is facing immense strategic competition from China in its immediate region of the Pacific, persistent domestic instability within its primary security partner, the United States, and a war in Ukraine that has global consequences. Second, and related to the first point, there are lessons that China will draw from Russia’s invasion and Ukraine’s resistance that will inform its own regional designs, especially Beijing’s desire to annex Taiwan. By the time it left office it had contributed $200 million in both military and humanitarian aid, making Australia the largest non-NATO contributor to Ukraine’s defense. How the new Australian government contributes to Ukraine will be the test of Australia’s seriousness to be a capable power in the 21st century.
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