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An angel coalition to save the world
Posted By Graeme Dobell on October 8, 2018 @ 06:00
They are all rich democracies, which means they are likely to have similar interests and values. They are all big trading nations. They all have real military capacity and (with the exception of Japan) a willingness to deploy forces overseas. And they share an interest in international rules that go beyond trade and investment, but also encompass the defence of international human rights standards.
Together, they represent the largest economic power in the world, and their collective military capabilities are surpassed only by those of the United States. This ‘G-9’ should have two imperatives: maintain the rules-based order in the hope that Trump’s successor will reclaim Washington’s global leadership role and lay the groundwork to make it politically possible for that to happen. This holding action will require every member of the G-9 to take on greater global responsibilities. They all are capable of doing so; they need only summon the will.
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[1] align with ‘powerful democracies’: https://www.apnews.com/210562f310ee4edab0ab9eb3181fc37f/France-calls-for-new-global-coalition-of-
[2] ‘new model’ versus ‘survival of the fittest’: https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/united-nations/events/united-nations-general-assembly-sessions/unga-s-73rd-session/article/united-nations-general-assembly-speech-by-president-emmanuel-macron-25-09-18
[3] ‘bonfire of agreements, norms and rules’: https://www.ft.com/content/546ca388-625d-11e8-90c2-9563a0613e56
[4] ‘committee to save the world order’: http://links.cfr.mkt5175.com/ctt?kn=22&ms=NTc0NzA1NzIS1&r=NTIzMzIzOTU3NTAS1&b=0&j=MTUwMDE1MTEzNQS2&mt=1&rt=0
[5] maintain the rules-based order: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2018-03-05/world-after-trump
[6] defend global rules: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/present-at-the-destruction/
[7] crash the machinery: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-wto-analysis/trumps-bonfire-of-the-treaties-sweeps-towards-the-wto-idUSKCN1IJ1K9
[8] new judges: https://www.npr.org/2018/10/02/653570018/u-s-blocks-appointments-of-new-judges-to-world-trade-organization
[9] isolate the US at the WTO: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-wto/isolate-trump-at-wto-says-former-top-trade-judge-bacchus-idUSKCN1MD2AL
[10] defence: http://www.defence.gov.au/WhitePaper/Links.asp
[11] foreign policy: https://www.fpwhitepaper.gov.au/
[12] Indonesia: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/big-oz-bets-asia-part-two/
[13] India: https://www.aspi.org.au/report/improving-zero-australia-and-india-attempt-strategic-convergence
[14] head of a pin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_many_angels_can_dance_on_the_head_of_a_pin%3F