ASIA PACIFIC TODAY. Five Eyes alliance under attack with Dr John Coyne

Recently, an editorial in the Chinese state-run newspaper the Global Times alleged that the almost 80-year-old Five Eyes alliance of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States is an ‘axis of white supremacy’.

We’re joined by Dr John Coyne head of the North and Australia’s Security program at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute to discuss some of the flaws in China’s strategic thinking and where that’s leading China.
John sees opportunities in countering CCP’s increasingly divisive international policies.

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