The geographic reality Australia cant afford to ignore @LowyInstitute
The geographic reality Australia cant afford to ignore @LowyInstitute
Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
Australia's exports flow north through Southeast Asia. Its fuel flows back the same way. Professor Michael Wesley spells out what a Chinese sphere of influence in the region would actually mean for Australia's economic security.

Wesley was speaking at the Lowy Institute in conversation with Sam Roggeveen, Director of the International Security Program.

Watch the full conversation: youtube.com/live/KnA7uk2KGss?si=rdi_ABB55viw-i_0
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