Australia as an Asia-Pacific regional power : friendships in flux?
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Australia as an Asia-Pacific regional power : friendships in flux?
(Routledge security in Asia Pacific series)
Routledge, 2007
- : hbk
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. [189]-194
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
During recent years, in its traditional role as an important Asia-Pacific regional power, Australia has had to cope with a rapidly changing external security environment and a series of new challenges, including a rising China, an increasingly assertive United States, and most notably the Global War against Terror.
This book considers the changing nature of Australia's identity and role in the Asia-Pacific, and the forces behind these developments, with particular attention towards security alignments and alliance relationships. It outlines the contours of Australia's traditional role as a key regional middle power and the patterns of its heavy reliance on security alignments and alliances. Brendan Taylor goes on to consider Australia's relationships with other regional powers including Japan, China, Indonesia and India, uncovering the underlying purposes and expectations associated with these relationships, their evolving character - particularly in the post Cold War era - and likely future directions. He discusses the implications for the region of Australia's new 'Pacific doctrine' of intervention, whether Australia's traditional alliance preferences are compatible with the emergence of a new East Asian security mechanism, and the impact of new, transnational and non-traditional security challenges such as terrorism and failed states.
Table of Contents
Foreword Coral Bell Part 1: Laying the Table 1. Introduction Brendan Taylor 2. Alliances and Alignments in the Twenty-First Century William Tow Part 2: Dining with Giants 3. Australia-United States Paul Dibb 4. Australia-Japan Brendan Taylor and Desmond Ball 5. Australia-China Michael Wesley 6. Australia-India Sandy Gordon Part 3: Working the Room 7. Australia-Indonesia Allan Gyngell 8. Australia-South Pacific Hugh White 9. Australia-New Zealand Robert Ayson 10. Australia-Singapore Ron Huisken Part 4: Washing Up 11. Threats without Enemies: Are Australia's Alliances and Alignments Still Relevant? Christopher Chung 12. Australia's Changing Alliances and Alignments: Towards a New Diplomatic Two-Step? Pauline Kerr and Shannon Tow
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