Is the government getting some assessment of its potential to create instability in Asia Pacific countries?
SMITH: Well there are a whole range of issues that have the potential to cause instability in fragile or weak nation states. Food insecurity is one of them, energy insecurity is another, adverse consequences coming from climate change or transnational crime or the illegal or unlawful people movements: all of these things potentially set the scene for adverse consequences for nation states. They also set the scene for international terrorism emerging. So all of these things are issues and the more fragile the nation state, the more there’s a responsibility on regional leaders and the international community to try and address them for the more fragile nation states.
