Silenced abroad, silenced here
The article identifies transnational repression as an active threat within Australia and calls for institutional engagement with Southeast Asia to counter Chinese coercive practices. This bears directly on Australia's decoupling from China, alliance cohesion in the Indo-Pacific, and the viability of regional security partnerships that underpin the Northern Arc strategy.
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