US and Australia need to get asymmetrical—fast
Half a decade of intensifying asymmetrical action—targeted disinformation, malign foreign influence, cyberattacks, espionage, corruption and trade embargoes—have transformed Australia’s geopolitical atmosphere. So far, Australia has been trying out a bunch of different responses. Foreign interference legislation, the Pacific step-up, a reinvigorated Quad, experiments in technological decoupling, scrutiny of university research collaboration with countries of concern and, most recently, Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s appeal to the G7 to strengthen the World Trade Organization dispute ...
Source: aspistrategist.org.au
