Shared futures?
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2023
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O'Connor, J.
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Gao, M.
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Source details - Title: Different Histories, Shared Futures, 2023 / Gao, M. (ed./s), Ch.15, pp.269-285
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This chapter further addresses the China Threat rhetoric and presents a discussion that draws out the underlying geometry of such claims as economic coercion and ideological orthodoxy beyond pure economic issues, “national interests”, value narratives and Australia’s new defence stance. The author argues that there is a connection between Australia’s hollowed-out democracy and the lurch into a China war, with the hawks combining a deep identification with the US with a distrust of domestic democracy. He warns that a sudden suspension of constructive conversation and a swerve into mutual antagonism can come at great cost to us all.
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Copyright 2023 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore
Access Condition Notes: Accepted manuscript available after 01 April 2025