Australia’s regional policy shift lines up with the US focus on China
The new Labor government is turning its attention to the Pacific Islands, where Beijing has been making inroads.
Ali Rizk has been working in the field of journalism since 2003 including five years in Iran. He is a contributor to Al-Monitor and Al-Mayadeen and has written for other outlets including the Lebanese dailies Assafir and Al-Alakhbar. He is the former Beirut correspondent for Iranian PressTV. He is currently studying a masters degree in counterterrorism at Macquarie university in Sydney.
The new Labor government is turning its attention to the Pacific Islands, where Beijing has been making inroads.
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