Toward Decline
Taiwan responds furiously as China, Indonesia plan military exercise off coast - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Why it matters
The exercise signals China–Indonesia military deepening, which directly narrows Australia's strategic space in the Indo-Pacific and raises the credibility of a Chinese kinetic move against Taiwan by normalizing PLA operations near the strait and securing Indonesian logistical or diplomatic cover. This represents a concrete erosion of the regional balance on which Australia's security and trade depend, and contradicts Australia's alliance-building efforts in Southeast Asia.
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