Is Australia in danger of becoming the US's 'deputy sheriff' in the South China Sea?
- Written by Donald Rothwell, Professor of International Law, Australian National University
Royal Australian Navy sailor working on an anti-aircraft gun aboard the HMAS CanberraAAPRecent comments by Defence Minister Richard Marles about Australia, China and the international law of the sea raise the spectre of Australia acting as an Indo-Pacific “deputy sheriff” for the United States, enforcing the rules-based international...
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