Links

This page provides links to other websites – (including US and other overseas websites) that are relevant to the issues presented here.

Australia 'must stand up to US' on China policy: Maxine McKew (ABC reporter)
Interview with Hugh White, Professor of Strategic Studies at ANU who says Australia could be "some sort of neutral intermediary" between the US and China.

asialink: An Asian Studies institute linked to the University of Melbourne.

The US, Taiwan and the PRC – Managing China's rise: Policy options for Australia, Hugh White – The Melbourne Asia Policy Papers (4 November 2004)

Lowy Institute for International Policy: An independent non-partisan think tank.
"Australia speak 2005: public opinion and foreign policy" – a Lowy Institute survey: 75% of Australians surveyed said NO to a US war with China over Taiwan.

Project for the New American Century: a leading US neo-conservative institute with members including Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz, among others.

• Those Subtle Chinese, by Robert Kagan: Neo-conservative commentator Robert Kagan says "The best way to avoid war in the Taiwan Strait is to make clear that the United States will abide by its defense commitments, together with its Australian and Japanese allies.

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Downer

• Downer flags China shift: Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has signalled a strategic policy shift towards China, saying in Beijing that Australia would not be obliged to assist the United States in a military defence of Taiwan. (Article in The Age, 17 August 2004)

Minister for Defence, Senator Robert Hill

• Journalist (asking about future tensions in the Taiwan Strait): This agreement with the Free Trade deal, do you believe it may put pressure on our military response?
  Senator Hill: No I don't … (Doorstop interview, Canberra, 20 April 2005)
  To read the full interview go to the Minister's website.