World at risk of ‘great polarisation’, Scott Morrison tells Indian forum

Democracy and liberal norms are under assault', the Australian prime minister tells the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi

The world is at risk of a great polarisation" between autocracies and democracies, Scott Morrison has declared, while also appearing to take aim at China for using economic coercion" as a tool of statecraft".

The Australian prime minister told an audience in India on Thursday that liberal rules and norms were under assault", tensions over territorial claims in the Indo-Pacific region were growing, and militaries were being modernised at an unprecedented rate".