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Dawn Chorus: Biden accidentally escalates
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Dawn Chorus: Biden accidentally escalates

Biden says off-the-cuff he wants regime change in Russia, but his allies thinks that’s too much of an escalation; Biden’s officials downplay comments; China eyes control of Australasia’s trade routes
Bernard Hickey
Mar 27, 2022
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TLDR & TLDL - China is set to be able to control the sea lanes to Australia and New Zealand if, as expected, the Solomon Islands agrees to allow it to station troops and ships there. This is a big concern and I’ll dig deeper into this later today and tomorrow.

Elsewhere, tensions have escalated even more in Europe overnight after US President Joe Biden a…

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