Island off the Coast of Asia
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Island off the Coast of Asia

Instruments of Statecraft in Australian Foreign Policy

  1. 249 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Island off the Coast of Asia

Instruments of Statecraft in Australian Foreign Policy

About this book

This book examines Australian foreign policy in multiple dimensions: diplomatic, military, economic, legal and scientific. It shows how the instruments of statecraft have defended domestic concentrations of wealth and power across the 230-year span of modern Australian history. The pursuit of security has meant much more than protection from invasion. It gives priority to economic interests, and to a political order that secures them. This view of security has deep roots in Australia's geopolitical tradition. Australia began its existence on the winning side of a worldwide confrontation. The book shows that the 'organizing principle' of Australian foreign policy is to stay on the winning side of the global contest. Australia has pursued this principle in war and peace, using the full arsenal of diplomacy, law, investment, research, negotiations, military force and espionage. This book uses many decades of secret files to reveal the inner workings of high-level policy.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. 1 The Organizing Principle of Australian Foreign Policy
  3. 2 A Sub-Imperial Reflex
  4. 3 The Military Instrument
  5. 4 The Military Instrument
  6. 5 Vietnam and the Transformation of Australian Life
  7. 6 The Military Instrument
  8. 7 The Legal Instrument and Australia’s Off-shore Energy Riches
  9. 8 The Challenge of the New International Economic Order
  10. 9 The Economic Instrument, 1983–1999
  11. 10 Financial Instruments
  12. 11 Current Policy Priorities
  13. Appendix
  14. Acknowledgments
  15. Index
  16. About the Author