Abstract: This article analyses the 2017 White Paper in its historical context: examining what it reveals about changes in the way the Turnbull government thinks…
Country or Region: Australia
Abstract: Australia’s comprehensive strategic approach towards the Indo-Pacific region and a renewed interest in the Indian Ocean has served to rekindle its relationship with India.…
Abstract: Structural realists might reasonably predict that foreign policy elites in countries like Japan and Australia would view China’s economic and military rise as a…
Abstract: The term ‘arc of instability’ was first used in 1999 to describe the security challenges facing the South Pacific. It subsequently came to dominate…
Abstract: There is a growing consensus among defence planners that Australia is in need of a new defence policy that better suits the strategic realities…
Abstract The recent Australian decision to extend civilian nuclear cooperation to India, overriding its own long-term principled position, is no ordinary development. Taking that as…
Abstract Security cooperation between South Korea and Australia has increased in recent years. What has been driving this increasingly enhanced security cooperation between the two…
Abstract Despite sharing many strategic interests, Indonesia and Australia have often struggled to forge effective security cooperation. In this article, the authors evaluate the ‘Bandung…
Abstract In July 2014, Australia’s new Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, and his Japanese counterpart, Shinzō Abe, elevated the status of bilateral ties to a ‘special…
Abstract This article discusses how Japan and Australia could contribute to a liberal and inclusive order in the Asia-Pacific region. Critics argue that closer ties…
Abstract This paper analyses two interrelated issues. The first is a description and discussion of Australian identity dilemmas and contested regionalisms as a backdrop to…
Abstract Australia, Japan and the USA are all facing dual pressures that require them to do more with less. Internationally, they deal with the challenge…
Abstract Australia has a vital interest in preventing the Indian Ocean Region from becoming an arena of great power rivalry, including between India and China.…
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