https://www.scmp.com/rss/322340/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Australia’s 2016 Defence White Paper has received a frosty response from China. But Beijing should consider its strategic rationale, which is about hedging against “greater security uncertainty” in Indo-Pacific Asia and not about containing China’s rise. Unlike its predecessor, the paper presents a sober assessment of emerging regional threats to Australian security interests. Competition between the US and China, South and East China sea tensions, and Asian military modernisation are stoking... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1926300/australias-multibillion-dollar-defence-spending-boost-no?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1926300/australias-multibillion-dollar-defence-spending-boost-no?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Mar 2016 03:15:45 +0000