Australia is considering joining the European-led coalition of the willing to support a lasting ceasefire in Ukraine, a statement issued by U.K. Prime Minister Keir Stamer’s office read on March 8.
Unless there’s a seismic shift (i.e. us joining some non-US Asia-Pacific coalition or else embracing Xi Jinping Thought), our options are siding with the US or UK (or, at a more distant stretch, NATO/the EU separate from those). If the US is forming an axis of authoritarianism with Russia, then locking ourselves into alignment with the UK (and through that Ukraine, NATO and the EU as they currently stand) could make it harder for the conservatives and their oligarchical sponsors to pull us into the Trumpist axis should they win the next election.
I’m concerned about a change in direction on this after this year’s Federal election.
With a conservative government I wouldn’t be surprised if Dutton was a lot more willing to pressure Ukraine into capitulating.
He definitely will. All 5 eyes conservative parties have the same goal — to neuter the governments ability to impose any rule of law on corporations, bankrupt the government, sell off public assets, and enrich the oligarchy.
That’s the only reason modern conservatism exists.
