The battle of the Coral Sea: Australia's response to the Belt & Road Initiative in the Pacific.
Australia has not been alone in declining the opportunity to take part in China's Belt & Road Initiative (BRI). Instead, this article contends, Australia launched its own infrastructure initiative in the Pacific that has attempted to reduce the attractiveness of the BRI to the region. The article fo...
| Publicado en: | Australian Journal of International Affairs Vol. 76; no. 2; pp. 178 - 194 |
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