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Island off the coast of Asia : instruments of statecraft in Australian foreign policy /

This is an unprecedented 230-year study that reveals the full arsenal of Australian foreign policy, diplomacy, law, investment, research, negotiations, military force and espionage. It shows the central role of economic actors in defining and pursuing the "national interest."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fernandes, Clinton (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
Subjects:
Australia > Foreign relations.
Australia > Foreign economic relations.
Australia > Military policy.
National security > Australia.
Geopolitics > Australia.
Table of Contents:
  • The organizing principle of Australian foreign policy
  • A sub-imperial reflex
  • The military instrument: ANZUS
  • The military instrument: Malaya
  • Vietnam and the transformation of Australian life
  • The military instrument: Indonesia
  • The legal instrument and Australia's off-shore energy riches
  • The challenge of the new international economic order
  • The economic instrument, 1983-1999
  • Financial instruments: 1998 to the present
  • Current policy priorities
  • Appendix: parliamentary approval of military developments.