World’s powerful nations must not force allies into ‘binary choices’, Scott Morrison says

Prime minister says diplomatic difficulties Australia is navigating are a foretaste' for others around the world

Scott Morrison has used a speech to the British Policy Exchange to call for a more nuanced appreciation of national interest, and more flexibility, when countries pursue relationships with America and China, because stark choices are in no one's interests".

In a section of his speech outlining the challenges of navigating Australia's fraught relationship with China in an era of escalating geopolitical competition, Morrison on Monday night said greater latitude will be required from the world's largest powers to accommodate the individual interests of their partners and allies" because we all need a bit more room to move".