Commentary
The Asia-Pacific in 2019: What to Expect
Daniel Flitton on “A one horse race”.
Originally published in The Diplomat.
10 January 2019
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The Diplomat looks at the trends to watch across the region in the coming year.
The opinion polls all indicate that a national election held today would see Prime Minister Scott Morrison swept from power and the sixth Australia leader installed inside eight years, this time with a change of ruling party. Morrison himself only took the top job in August 2018 after a surprise internal putsch within the conservative government.
The neck-jarring shifts in the Australian political scene are having a profound impact on the presentation of country’s foreign policy.
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