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Post-Iraq and Australia's arc.(Defence)(arc of instability )
It is extremely important to us as Australians that we appreciate that we cannot afford to have failing states in our region. The so-called arc of instability basically goes from East Timor through to the Southwest Pacific states.
--Brendan Nelson, Defence Minister, 2006
The reason why we need a bigger Australian Army is self-evident. This country faces on-going and in my opinion increasing instances of destabilised and failing states in our own region. I believe in the next ten to twenty years Australia will face a number of situations the equivalent of or potentially more challenging than the Solomon Islands and East Timor.
--John Howard, ...
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