7 May 2018

Australia, US challenge Beijing's 'defensive' missiles in South China Sea

Ashley Townshend
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, United States Studies Centre

Director of the Foreign Policy and Defence program Ashley Townshend is quoted in this Sydney Morning Herald article about the Chinese deployment of 'defensive' missiles in the South China Sea.

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Ashley Townshend
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, United States Studies Centre
Ashley Townshend is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the United States Studies Centre and Senior Fellow for Indo-Pacific Security at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is the founding co-chair of the annual US-Australia Indo-Pacific Deterrence Dialogue and was the Director of Foreign Policy and Defence at the United States Studies Centre from June 2017 to June 2022.

First published

4 May 2018

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South China Sea

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