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"The stakes were high when the foreign ministers of the Quad security group met
in Melbourne this week. The US has warned a Russian invasion of Ukraine could
be imminent. And Russian President Vladimir Putin had just met with his Chinese
counterpart, Xi Jinping, and announced a “no limits” partnership between the
two powers.
Amid such uncertainty, the main goal of the foreign ministers of the US,
Australia, Japan and India was to display unity, resolve and collective
strength as a response to the increasing authoritarian challenge to world
order.
In the lead-up to the dialogue, US Secretary of State Antony Blinkin laid down
the gauntlet, declaring
I would put our partnerships, our alliances, our coalitions against anything
anyone else has to offer.
But the Quad members were also keen to show they are not merely reacting to a
rival’s agenda, but able to offer their own ambitious, positive and practical
contributions to the development goals of smaller states in the Indo-Pacific
region."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
