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Australia has responded to its rapidly deteriorating security environment with a major course correction. The 2020 Defence Strategic Update provides the rationale for Australia’s acquisition of a range of expense of new military capabilities so that the Australian Defence Forces can, if necessary, better fight a “high intensity war” or, preferably, deter our adversaries from engaging us in one.
But what if, before we reach this crisis point, Canberra finds that China is already entrenched in the island states around Australia’s north and east. What if Australia’s critical infrastructure has been sabotaged through cyber means? What if Australia’s leaders and their constituents are so confused and divided by an onslaught of fake news that they can’t make the critical decisions?
Read more: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/australia-must-enter-grey-zone-counter-threats-future
