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Australia’s political leaders have refocused Canberra’s attention on developing the more asymmetrical capabilities needed to wage war away from its shores against China’s “high-end competitors,” a former senior national security adviser to his foreign minister said Tuesday. John Lee, now a senior fellow at Hudson Institute , described the security situation regarding Taiwan and in northeast Asia as “much more bleak” than it was five years ago when, for the first time, maritime concerns dominated Australia’s defense white paper. He added that it was “unrealistic to have conflict” over Taiwan’s self-rule in five or six years and any war there...
