Sir Niall Ferguson says Australia’s influence will be crucial in the West’s attempts to curtail China.
Historian Sir Niall Ferguson has warned Australia is entering its most important moment on the world stage, confronting an expansionist China without newThe influential Stanford University author fears policymakers in London, Canberra and Washington have failed to bolster their militaries quickly enough to discourage China from attempting toFerguson said Australia would be central to any conflict in the Pacific due to its geographically important military bases and history of confronting...
“Of all the conflicts that Australia has ever been drawn into, this is the one in which it has the most skin in the game.”The 60-year-old Briton is in Australia to speak at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in Sydney and Robert Menzies Institute in Melbourne this week, where he will be heard by influential Australian conservatives.
“In many ways, Australia saw this Cold War before the US did,” he said. “And I think Australia has actually played a leading role in helping Americans and Brits understand the nature of the Chinese challenge.
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