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Covid-19 shouldn’t stop Australia, India and Japan from developing stronger ties
Posted By Hugo Seymour and Gemma King on May 15, 2020 @ 06:00
All three countries have our own visions and plans for the Indo-Pacific that bear remarkable similarities in content, namely a desire for the rule of law, increased trade, stability, and development … [T]hey certainly share an equal concern for the maritime domain, and this in turn indicates how much potential there is for greater co-operation between us.
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[1] relations between the US and China: https://perthusasia.edu.au/blog/a-vicious-cycle-of-trade-and-covid-19-warfare-betw
[2] further adversarial turn: https://www.afr.com/politics/the-us-and-china-s-dangerous-blame-game-will-end-in-tears-20200505-p54pvc
[3] rebirth of the ‘Quad’: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/dinkus/quad-2/
[4] concerns: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/americas-feeble-indo-pacific-strategy/
[5] consistently convene: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/australia-japan-and-india-trilateral-in-delhi-on-december-12/articleshow/61840323.cms?from=mdr
[6] nearly quadrupled: https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/speech/address-raisina-dialogue
[7] largest ever deployment: https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/minister/lreynolds/speeches/indo-pacific-conference-wa
[8] inaugural ‘2+2’ meeting: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/india-japan-to-hold-first-22-ministerial-dialogue-today/articleshow/72302434.cms?from=mdr
[9] complemented: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/no-longer-in-a-cleft-stick-india-and-australia-in-the-indo-pacific/
[10] spoke in Perth: https://perthusasia.edu.au/events/%EF%BC%88perth-usasia-centre%EF%BC%89ambassadors-address-to-the-ja.aspx
[11] managing: http://ddnews.gov.in/national/covid-19-pm-modi-holds-telephonic-conversation-australian-premier
[12] underpinnings: https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/trilateral-strategic-dialogue-joint-ministerial-statement
[13] anticipated outcome: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-the-india-australia-mutual-logistics-support-agreement-6160321/
[14] India–Japan equivalent: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/12/13/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-postpones-talks-modi-due-unrest-india/#.XplpNcgzaUk
[15] first time: https://india.embassy.gov.au/ndli/HOMspeech020519.html
[16] likely to be limited: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence/coronavirus-war-games-on-hold-but-adf-still-ready-says-lieutenant-general-john-frewen/news-story/a72cc7c2b65518d988f8a5a3a21ea313
[17] Australia’s ‘2+2’ with India: https://www.dfat.gov.au/news/media/Pages/third-australia-india-2-2-foreign-and-defence-secretaries-dialogue
[18] longstanding ministerial 2+2: https://www.mofa.go.jp/a_o/ocn/au/page3e_000949.html