1st Edition

Australia’s Pursuit of an Independent Foreign Policy under the Whitlam Labor Government The Achievements and Limitations of a Middle Power

By Changwei Chen Copyright 2024
230 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

Examining a series of episodes in Australia’s foreign relations under Whitlam, the author pays attention to a broad range of hitherto insufficiently researched domestic and international issues in Australian’s foreign relations of the early 1970s. The election of the Whitlam-led Labor Government in December 1972 ushered in fresh ideas and audacious initiatives in Australia’s foreign policy.... Read more

Contents

List of acronyms and abbreviations

Key People

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. Not "A Camp-Follower" Anymore

Chapter 2. In Pursuit of Judicial Independence

Chapter 3. From "Forward Defence" to "Continental Defence"

Chapter 4. The Spectre of Nuclear Testing

Chapter 5. Stuck between Two Worlds

Chapter 6. The Triumph of Realism

Conclusion

Index

Biography

Changwei Chen is Associate Professor of Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at the School of International Studies, Peking University. His research interests include the diplomatic history of China, the United States and Australia. He has authored three books and contributed to numerous publications, including Historical Research, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, The Australian Journal of Politics and History, History Australia, and The Journal of Australian Studies.