On 1 July, while releasing the “2020 Defence Strategic Update”, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison signaled a massive change in Australia’s defence policy which is being seen by experts in New Delhi as the first step towards the transformation of the Australian Defence Force from a largely defensive force to a deterrent force, which, as Morrison himself hinted, was due to the China factor.
Morrison, who took over as the Prime Minister less than two years ago, while releasing the country’s defence policy for the coming years, stated that the Indo-Pacific region has become the “epicenter of a rising strategic competition” and the “largely benign security environment” that Australia has enjoyed all these years, has gone.Read More…
