Japan, Australia Should Cooperate More in the Push for Democracy

The study suggests that infrastructure efforts without a push for democratic values will fail to counter malign influences. Japan and Australia should not only cooperate on military development but work together on countering coercion and anti-democratic trends in the Indo-Pacific, according to a report published by the University of Sydney’s United States Studies Centre (USSC). The “Aligning Values and Interests: Japanese and Australian democracy support in the Pacific and Southeast Asia” report emphasised that efforts to provide aid and infrastructure in the region will fail to counter malign influences without...