India will have to focus on new regional partnerships to curb the growing dominance of the Chinese dragon. For that, friendship with Australia is welcome.
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Incumbent Prime Minister Scott Morrison regained power in Australia's general election last month. The left-leaning Australian Labor Party will win a majority in this election, Hora experts said. However, voters completely pierced it and once again put the Morrison-led Conservative Front in power. The party, which was in the minority with only 73 members before the election, won five seats (78 members in total).
Morrison's re-election is expected to bring political stability to Australia. Because in the last five years, Australian citizens have experienced five prime ministers. Morrison changed the party's policy as soon as he came to power to prevent this situation from happening again. His party's policy was to change the Prime Minister on the strength of internal party votes. The change in policy will give Morrison the opportunity to complete a three-year term.
One thing is for sure, this election has caused huge differences between the two major political parties in Australia on policy issues. During the campaign, the Liberal Party emphasized economic stability, while the Labor Party drew closer to equity issues. The two sides came together differently on the issue of migration. Both sides strongly opposed the transfer of dependents from offshore processing centers to Australia. But while the Conservative government limited the number of asylum seekers in Australia to 18,750, the Labor Party increased the number to 27,000.
Australia, the world's largest exporter of coal and liquefied natural gas and the world's largest polluter of carbon emissions, had a hard time raising the issue of climate change during the election campaign. But surprisingly, the roles of both sides on this issue were different. While the Labor Party has raised the issue of achieving a 45 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 under the Paris Agreement, the Liberal Party has objected to it, arguing that carbon emissions should not exceed the 26-28 percent limit. The Morrison government targeted opponents on the issue of keeping voters in the dark about how much it would cost to implement the climate change agenda.
But the most talked about issue in all this propaganda is foreign policy. There was a great deal of disagreement in the public policy discussion on how to control China's ever-increasing pressure at the international level. In fact, Peoples Republic of China is OZ's largest trading partner in this part of the hemisphere. But even so, China tried to interfere in Australia's internal politics. In addition, China's encroachment on the South China Sea, and China's incursion into the Australian-dominated region south of the Pacific Ocean, also complemented the anti-China atmosphere in Australia.
Hurt by China’s attempts to interfere in domestic politics, Australia promptly enacted the Foreign Intervention Act, along with its foreign and security policy. However, it openly threatened scattered China. China has warned that new restrictions will be imposed on coal exports from Australia. Australia, like many other countries, has struggled on this issue. This is because the US strategic strategy in this area has remained skewed. Therefore, Australia could not give a clear answer to China.
The Morrison government sought an unequivocal response from China, taking a firm stand, blocking Chinese companies from buying Catal Empire and Sydney electricity providers, and barring Huawei from supplying 5G telecommunications networks to Australia. The Morrison government pressed China's nose. The Labor Party also opposed China in its own way. Their opposition was balanced. Party leader Bill Shorten hinted at looking at China's growing influence from a net strategic risk perspective.
The new term of the Morrison government is unlikely to change policy towards China. So, naturally, Australia will be more inclined towards India. The government will focus on enhancing friendly relations with India. There are similarities between India and Australia in terms of political leadership. Leaders of both the countries want to build Navrashtra in their careers. For this, strategic strategy has been given importance. Against this backdrop, the joint military exercise between the two countries took place in a more sophisticated and large-scale format. An atmosphere of mutual trust was created between the armies of the two countries. A policy of mutual cooperation has been drawn up between the two armies and a bilateral logistics agreement will be signed soon.
While Australia has extended a hand of friendship to India with great confidence, India is still not in the mood to fully accept this hand of friendship. This mentality is at the edge of the economic interests between China and Australia. India is concerned that these interests could affect India-Australia bilateral relations. India's role in the quadrilateral dialogue, which was revived in 2017 and involves the United States, Japan and Australia, is also auspicious.
Regardless of India's policy towards China, India cannot afford to ignore the fact that it needs a strong regional partnership if it wants to curb or support China's growing influence. Against this backdrop, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet, S. No one should have any expectation that Jaishankar will firmly embrace the hand of friendship extended by Australia in effectively implementing foreign policy. Because it is in our ultimate interest to harass the kangaroos.
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