The best way to stop war spreading is to make it clear to our adversaries the incalculable price they would pay for their bellicose behaviour.
We need to convince Russia it will never take Ukraine, Iran that Israel will be there forever and China that unification with Taiwan can only happen if both sides agree to the terms. As we know from the 1930s, appeasement only encourages autocrats or as Donald Rumsfeld used to say, weakness is provocative.
Alexander Downer was Australia’s longest serving foreign minister, from 1996 to 2007, and most recently Australian high commissioner to the UK. was Australia's longest serving foreign minister, from 1996 to 2007, and most recently Australian High Commissioner to the UK.
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