National Editor of The Australian Dennis Shanahan wraps up the week in Washington for Prime Minister Scott Morrison
In just five days, Mr Morrison agreed to a realignment of ­regional defense in the face of Chinese aggression in which the UK and the US will bring Australia into a new nuclear submarine age. He also promoted a new ­climate change initiative to help developing nations cut emissions through finance and technological innovation, while challenging the hegemony of France and the EU over free-trade deals. In a perfect storm of moving diplomatic and security tectonic plates in New York and Washington, Mr Morrison has been at the forefront of the historic first leaders meeting of the four-way partnership of Australia, the US, Japan and India, after almost two decades of development.

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