Event: An Address by General Angus Campbell, Chief of the Defence Force
Lowy Institute
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Australia's Stake in Taiwan's Freedom
There has been a lot of discussion in Australia since the Orca's announcement about this in relation to Taiwan. Is that a crisis, a future crisis involving war over Taiwan? Would that be a crisis that involves our national, directly our national interests? I think that anything that undermines the security, the stability and the prosperity of the Indo-Pacific region in which we live is of interest to Australia. The question then might arise what particular circumstances or scenario enliven what form of interest and in what form of response. There is no war that upon its commencement you can accurately predict how it will unfold. Conflict is sometimes it may be necessary as the absolute last resort but Shakespeare got it right when
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