Australia’s Threat Perception of China on China–Vanuatu Cooperation in 2018

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10.2991/assehr.k.210531.027How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Australia, China, Vanuatu, Threat Perception

Abstract

China’s plan to construct a seaport in Vanuatu in April 2018 was seen by Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as a threat. He stated that Australia would view this cooperation with great concern. As a middle power in the Pacific and a representative of Western power, Australia’s reaction was exaggerated in some ways. This paper suggests that such a reaction reflects the emergence of threat perception on the part of Australia toward China. The paper mainly discusses the factors leading to threat perception based on Cohen’s threat perception theory. Three variables are used to explain Australia’s reaction/response according to Cohen’s theory: (1) geography, (2) threatening signal and mistrust, (3) sense of vulnerability.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Robitul Haq
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/05/31
TI  - Australia’s Threat Perception of China on China–Vanuatu Cooperation in 2018
BT  - Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Research in Social Sciences and Humanities Universitas Indonesia Conference (APRISH 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 219
EP  - 224
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210531.027
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210531.027
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