Lavina Lee is a senior lecturer in the department of security studies and criminology of Macquarie University in Sydney and a nonresident adjunct fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
Canberra no longer seems willing to stand up for rules-based international order

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, speaks to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in California on Nov. 17. © Reuters
Lavina Lee is a senior lecturer in the department of security studies and criminology of Macquarie University in Sydney and a nonresident adjunct fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.