Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris: OECD, 2003, 258. Great article, and I had a nice chuckle at some of the sentiments of those who took the time to comment. Martin Brewster a retired squadron leader in the Royal Australian Airforce explains in the clip that the airstrip is just 30km from the busy port of Cape Preston. Try again. As the middle-classes of China begin to demand their perceived and/or actual rights, the PRC government will have to succumb to their demands, if only for enhanced domestic stability. Among them are the following (but not necessarily in this exact order): The ADF is a highly trained and combat experienced battle force, which continuously invests in acquiring advanced military capabilities that enable it to operate across all current and emerging battle domains. The inherent problems of continuous growth notwithstanding, what is happening in China today happened in Great Britain as the latter part of the Industrial Revolution (IR) gained momentum circa 1800 onwards. November 9, 2021, 6:22 AM. Writing in the national business daily, the Australian Financial Review, international relations specialist James Curran asks a different question.What lessons should Australia draw from Vladimir Putin's invasion for managing a comparable crisis in Taiwan? The petrodollar became the currency in which oil and most other goods were traded internationally, requiring every central bank and major corporation to hold a lot of dollars and cementing the greenbacks status as the worlds reserve currency. Or so it seems. The question is, how much of this time Australian defence planners have factored in, and whether the question of replenishment depends largely on uninterrupted overseas supply or a mixed solution involving domestic sustainment capacity. In fact it seems to misfire all over the place jumps back and forth in history . Doing that will improve the security outlook here by a great measure. I think we are in for a few surprises as the old economic and political models falter and global warming becomes a real issue. This article was first posted on Strobes blog Geo-Strategic Orbit and has been reproduced with permission. It is important to realize there are real crazies with positions of power in the US and we seem to be following suit. In short, Senator Lambies outburst is largely accurate, premature perhaps, but based on British and American preponderance, accurate nevertheless. Reported suspensions would cut Australian exports by up to $6 billion. But the nation is not in a good place. Here is an article by Chomsky that should open a few eyes. Note that preparation is NOT the same as Shannon Brandao on LinkedIn: U.S., UK and Australia carry out China-focused air drills The Islands that Japan is arguing over were residue of second world war negotiations in which the pre-war possessions should eventually return to China. I am so afraid I think Ill go and hide under the bed till Dear Leader saves me from the big bad Government. All of these instances have had the enduring effect of proving Western liberal-democracy is the most venerable and robust of all governments and governance. This was followed by a further dictum from his colleague Senator Jacqui Lambie speaking about the potential of a Chinese invasion and whats more, she has refused to withdraw her comment. The last time the PLA was in active combat was in 1979, when China fought a brief border war with Vietnam. In the context of the Chinese hypothetical invasion threat, two problem factors can be identified: the fighting force and the question of endurance. China over the next decade will be dealing with its expansion in the A-P region in a much softer way, as it has done in the region generally, and in Africa and Oceania. Trillions of dollars would be dumped on the global market in a very short time, which would lower the dollars foreign exchange value in a disruptive rather than advantageous way, raise domestic US interest rates and make it vastly harder for them to bully the rest of the world economically or militarily. Daily Star Online has contacted United Australia Party for comment. CMMC, I fully agree with your summation,perfect.Could not have put it clearer myself. Too many moving targets to make any sure fire predictions. Be afraid and whatever you do, support your government!!! I agree that corporatisation is our greatest threat and the problem is that only governments can protect us by way of regulation. Australians must face the fact that China is determined to invade Taiwan and in a China-dominated region we won't enjoy the freedoms we assume are our birthright. Its attempts to economically coerce Australia into its geopolitical orbit should disturb. The issue-at-hand remains that China would not invade Australia in the next decade because pax-Sino has not been on the ascent long enough; and has not been able to establish the required networks for a limited invasion of Australia to succeed. [3] http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-26/an-new-chinese-map-gives-greater-play-to-south-china-sea-claims/5550914 Australia Network News, 26 June, 2014. Nations that acceded to British demands, either as a protectorate that was accorded all of the security and safety Britain could muster or, alternately, Britain used force. Links to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other services inserted in the comment text will be automatically embedded. Strategically, Washingtons reliability as a security guarantor is the core of the issue. Enter your email address to subscribe to The AIMN and receive notifications of new posts by email. This is especially daunting for Taiwan, as it is unclear whether it can get help from anyone else if, or when, the time comes. God help our descendents. These are among the powerful predictions the world looks set to face as it comes to grip with new powers, financial slowdowns and emerging economies. For example, the ADF can ensure command superiority by protecting its own communications, command, control, computers, intelligence and interoperability (C2I4) structures, systems and networks from hostile disruptive operations, while denying an adversary the ability to utilise theirs. It is unlikely that the PLA will risk using its ageing strategic bomber force as a long-range offensive asset against Australia. Former airforce pilot in CHILLING warning over airstrip AN AIRSTRIP in the arid Australian desert could be used for a full-scale invasion from China. Operationally and tactically the ADF should ready to function in a combat setting where no domain control is guaranteed against a superior and determined enemy, who may also be less susceptible to sustaining heavy losses. Francis Fukuyama would deem the collapse of communism to be the end of history,[7] which translates in simpler terms, to liberal-democracy as a form of government winning against communism. There is an accommodation that will need to be given over to China and a significant point to focus upon is to observe an historical element, and to realize within it lies a chilling and changing demographic. Military Invasion alert after China crosses line. The End of History and the Last Man. Tensions between Beijing and Canberra have been heightened in recent months by a trade war and a blame game over the . You can upload: image, , video, , spreadsheet, interactive, text, archive, , . Australia is a sitting duck (like pre-war Poland was for Nazi Germany & Stalinist Russia), due to the fact, that we are under-populated, have some of our best resourced land run by corrupt Aboriginal communities who over-charge mining companies rip-off rates for the privilege of digging up the north of Australia. The Chinese government has set about actively creating a burgeoning middle-class in part to have a greater tax base, to extract people from gruelling, chronic poverty and to in general raise the living standards of citizens. A sad state of affairs. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674055445. Acknowledging the obvious generalizations that are present in the political deliberations and in the comments of Senator Lambie, there is a need to examine what is pushing the underlying tone of the debate, and then driving the discussion. Thanks to geography, any scenario involving an attack on mainland Australia can only be seriously entertained in the context of assessing adversarial power projection capabilities, including strategic lift. A war . ADM's Defence Industry Guide is published in print edition every 6 months. All of the its fighting elements are in the process of qualitative force transformations, which would continue to provide the ADFs operators with the technological edge. If the Chinese could not bring fuel, spare parts and munitions to these airfields the aircraft would immediately be candidates for the war museum in Canberra.. New York: Monthly Review Press, 2002, 217. China must be offered a bigger role in the Asia-Pacific. The Age, Melbourne: Fairfax Publishing Ltd, 10 June, 2014, 16. As part of national preparedness response options at strategic, operational and tactical levels need to be considered. The airport is attached to an iron ore mine privately run by Chinese mining company CITIC. Just buy the bastards and their debt out. 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Sheesh if only they had known the brakes were off and the war machine would just keep rolling along. These are clear examples of preponderance and to believe China is not on a similar pathway modelled on British and American history is to deliberately ignore the evidence. Malcolm Davis, a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), said that in the case of war breaking out between China and Taiwan, Australia would be pulled into the conflict by the US. It's a position intended to ensure Australia's voice is heard in US halls of power, policy making and strategic thought. Domestic harmony is also part of the PRCs aim. On April 25, the symbolic date of Anzac Day, when Australia honors its war dead, newly appointed Defense Minister Peter Dutton said a conflict with China over Taiwan shouldn't "be discounted,". Just remember how many millions of Chines were murdered by the Japanese and the picture becomes clearer. How did it satisfy the demands of its ever-growing middle-classes? Don't miss a thing! Dr. Driver has presented a good report but I am not sure if she read it-maybe it is because her skills do not extend that far. When it comes to assessing a countrys fighting potential on a comparative basis, a number of major contributing factors needs to be taken into account. !! 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The truth of the matter resides in the history of the US as per WWII being a European war until the bombing of Pearl Harbor forced the US to face the realities of the conflict, and the undeniable reality is that an Australia-China military collision would not necessarily be an urgent priority for the US. Australia has no political leader capable of seeing the futility of following the US line in Asia. Who cares as long as we have god on our side, and Captain Catholic. War is a fools game and China knows it. Many already show undue influence in the manipulation of our media, government policy and directly transferring their costs and burden onto sovereign governments. The progress became an ever-upward spiral in which the dictums of modern nation-statehood that is, economic growth equalling stable investment environments for Western enterprises were ones that offered ongoing prosperity; and the middle-class continuum. 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