3rd Edition

Australia in International Politics An introduction to Australian foreign policy

By Stewart Firth Copyright 1998
372 Pages
by Routledge

372 Pages
by Routledge

376 Pages
by Routledge

The world changed for Australia after the terrorist attacks on the US on September 11, 2001 and the Bali bombings of 2002. Security became the dominant theme of Australian foreign policy. Australian military forces remained in Afghanistan years later, opposing the terrorist threat of the Taliban, while hundreds of Australian troops and police worked with public servants to build the state in... Read more
Introduction

Part 1 The Evolution of Australian Foreign Policy

1. Foreign Relations, 1901-83

2. Foreign Policy under Hawke and Keating, 1983-96

3. Foreign Policy under Howard, 1996-2007

4. The Making of Foreign Policy

Part 2 Security

5. The United Nations and International Security

6. Defence and Regional Security

7. The Nuclear Challenge

8. Intervention and State Building

Part 3 Economy

9. Globalisation and the Global Financial Crisis

10. The Politics of International Trade

Part 4 Issues in Foreign Policy

11. The Global Environment

12. Foreign Aid

13. Human Rights

Biography

Stewart Firth is a Visiting Fellow in the State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program at the Australian National University.