The Koala between the Dragon and the Eagle

... the Asian Century 2012 , and the Defense White Paper 2013 . Photo: GraphicMaps.com Indo-Pacific Australian leaders clearly understand that, in the decades to come, the strategic environment in the Asia Pacific and, consequently, the country’s national security and foreign policy will hinge on relations between the United States and China. Aware of the existence of American-Chinese tensions, Canberra assumes that the probability of a conflict between these two nations is low, and that in the long term Beijing and Washington will develop a constructive relationship of combined competition ...