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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Nick Bisley and Shahar Hameiri

Heavy-handed approach to aid has disenchanted Pacific Island nations and compromised Australia’s security

Solomon Islands foreign minister, Jeremiah Manele, with China’s foreign minister Wang Yi.
Solomon Islands foreign minister, Jeremiah Manele, with China’s foreign minister Wang Yi. China is in the region to stay, because Pacific governments want it there. Photograph: Reuters

What would a progressive foreign policy for Australia look like today? Sadly, there is no identifiable progressive vision. Labor governments since the 1980s have usually promoted a combination of multilateralism and economic globalisation. Neither is viable now.

Today, increasingly belligerent great powers undermine established international institutions.

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