13 April 2021

Australia war with China ‘likely’ in five to 10 years, former defence minister Christopher Pyne warns

Ashley Townshend
Director, Foreign Policy and Defence, United States Studies Centre

USSC director of foreign policy and defence Ashley Townshend is quoted in this Herald Sun article.

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Ashley Townshend
Director, Foreign Policy and Defence, United States Studies Centre
Ashley Townshend is Director of Foreign Policy and Defence at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. He works on international security and strategic affairs with a focus on the Indo-Pacific, including regional alliances and partnerships, maritime security, defence policy, and US, Chinese, and Australian strategy.

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