Australia can influence USA and China towards peaceful agreement
Australia can help by advocating that Washington and Beijing should start to negotiate such an agreement……. First, however, before we start trying to persuade others about the best future for Asia, we need to have our own debate about it here in Australia.
Our role in Asia’s superpower shuffle, Hugh White , The Australian September 04, 2010 As China rises, we may need to convince the US to relinquish primacy in Asia. CHINA’S growing power is the phenomenon of our age. It does not threaten Australia, but it will change our world, because it undermines the international order in Asia that has kept Australia safe and prosperous for a long time.
Whether what follows is peaceful or turbulent does not just depend on China, but on the rest of Asia, the US, and Australia too. We in Australia have to consider how we can help bring about a good outcome, and help prevent a bad one………
- The best outcome for all would be for the US to lead Asia’s transition to a collective leadership of great powers, based on the principles of the charter of the United Nations;
- The sooner the US starts the better, because time is not on its side……
the US and China could negotiate a nuclear arms-control agreement to prevent the race getting out of hand. The US would have to acknowledge China as a nuclear peer, forgoing any ambitions to use nuclear threats to intimidate Beijing.China would have to abandon its hopes to build a bigger and more flexible nuclear capability.
In return, both stand to gain a more stable relationship with the other. Australia can help by advocating that Washington and Beijing should start to negotiate such an agreement…….
First, however, before we start trying to persuade others about the best future for Asia, we need to have our own debate about it here in Australia.
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Zoom webinar – “Nuclear Winter: The Environmental Consequences of a Nuclear Exchange.”
April 7th at 11:30 am PST / 2:30 pm EST
Nuclear Winter: The Environmental Consequences of a Nuclear Exchange”
Join us for an informative webinar with renowned atmospheric scientist, Professor Brian Toon, as he discusses the environmental risks and global impacts of a nuclear war. Despite the potential damage caused by the blast from even small nuclear weapons, many countries continue to invest in and expand nuclear arsenals. Professor Toon will provide a scientific assessment of civilian fatalities, agricultural failures, climate concerns, and complications with food supply that would follow any international nuclear conflict. We need to plan how to prevent nuclear conflict and avoid catastrophe. Politicians and military planners must be made aware of global climate and agricultural complications that would ensue. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from, and engage in, this vital conversation
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