Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on June 9 delivered a warning about the growing threat of conflict in the Indo-Pacific on the eve of his trip to the United Kingdom, where he will be a guest at the Group of Seven (G7) Plus meeting of world economic powers. In a significant foreign policy speech that alluded to the continued rise of an aggressive and expansionist China, Morrison warned that Australia faced many challenges to protect its way of life, security, prosperity, and maintain stability in the region. These above all, Morrison said, were the “defining issue” of our times, which the prime minister indicated he would take to Cornwall to discuss with other world leaders. G7 leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States are attending the global conference later in the week. “We very much need to be there because there is a lot …