Australia as an Asia-Pacific Regional Power: Friendships in Flux?

ISBN-13: 9780415404211 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 224 str.

Brendan Taylor

Opis

Considers the changing nature of Australia's identity and role in the Asia-Pacific, and the forces behind these developments, with attention towards security alignments and alliance relationships. This book outlines Australia's traditional role as a regional middle power and the patterns of its reliance on security alignments and alliances.

Spis treści

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 

O autorze

Brendan Taylor is a Lecturer in the Graduate Studies in Strategy and Defence program at the Australian National University. He is a specialist on Northeast Asian security, American foreign policy, economic statecraft and alliance politics.