Australia’s “Defence Connect” Declares Ukraine a World War
By Aussie Cossack
Australia’s “Defence Connect” declares Ukraine a World War.
The post-Second World War global order has come under assault both directly and indirectly in a new wave of “grey zone” or “hybrid” warfare, which has resulted in the creation of a parallel network of economic, political, and strategic organisations and arrangements to challenge the US-led post-war global order.
While the Russian SMO has certainly galvanised the Western alliance network, it has equally brought together a growing web of revisionist powers committed to resisting, challenging, and overthrowing the US-led world order.
“More broadly, China became Russia’s economic hinterland, absorbing its trade, helping its firms raise capital and otherwise easing the effect of Western sanctions. The military, economic and technological sinews of the Sino-Russian relationship are stronger than ever. Aligning closely with Moscow, President Xi Jinping announced in 2023, was China’s ’strategic choice’.”
“North Korea has sold Moscow between 1 million and 3 million artillery shells – compared to the roughly 2 million rounds of 155 mm artillery ammunition America and all of its allies combined have sent Ukraine. North Korean missiles are also sustaining Putin’s war effort. Tehran and Pyongyang are giving Moscow the punching power to wage a protracted war.”
Brands explained, “By protracting the fighting in Ukraine, the autocratic entente keeps the US focused on Europe – a strategic bonus for China, North Korea and Iran … These days, it’s not so clear. Russia holds the battlefield initiative; its forces are slowly grinding out gains. US officials have been dismayed by how much Chinese support has helped Moscow ramp up military production.”
If Australia is going to survive and thrive in this new era, Australia’s policymakers and the public are going to have to accept that while the world is increasingly becoming “multipolar”, the Indo-Pacific, in particular, is rapidly becoming the most hotly contested region in the world.
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Original source: https://x.com/aussiecossack/status/1791087235515011217