OPINION: Australian policy will remain hostage to the unpredictable in 2020
A foreign crisis will also provide a possibly not unwelcome distraction from the Morrison government's escalating domestic problems.
Some may argue that this is the risk that a country's armed forces have to take to uphold national security. This conflict looks like another war of choice that was entirely avoidable, however, with no sense of long-term planning or clear strategic outcomes. They haven't had formal diplomatic relations for decades, and at times appear on the brink of war. But why?
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