Australia's Foreign Relations

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Australia's Foreign Relations is the most rigorous, Uvely and comprehensive 'insider' account ever written about the shape and direction of Australian foreign policy. This thoroughly revised edition keeps it fully abreast of a changing world.
This book is indispensable for anyone who follows current affairs. Its contents range from a concise analysis of the practice and politics of making foreign policy—what it is that diplomats and foreign ministers do—to the exploration of Australia's relationships, as a middle power, with all regions of the world. Among the many subjects covered is the new internationalist agenda, from human rights and global environment issues to arms control.
Australia's Foreign Relations will be equally valuable for students of politics, history, international relations and economics—for, as the authors stress, foreign policy and Australia's economic fortunes are now inextricably linked.
The authors are uniquely placed to present this authoritative view.... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Australia's Foreign Relations is the most rigorous, Uvely and comprehensive 'insider' account ever written about the shape and direction of Australian foreign policy. This thoroughly revised edition keeps it fully abreast of a changing world.
This book is indispensable for anyone who follows current affairs. Its contents range from a concise analysis of the practice and politics of making foreign policy—what it is that diplomats and foreign ministers do—to the exploration of Australia's relationships, as a middle power, with all regions of the world. Among the many subjects covered is the new internationalist agenda, from human rights and global environment issues to arms control.
Australia's Foreign Relations will be equally valuable for students of politics, history, international relations and economics—for, as the authors stress, foreign policy and Australia's economic fortunes are now inextricably linked.
The authors are uniquely placed to present this authoritative view. Senator Gareth Evans has been Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs since 1988. Bruce Grant, author and former diplomat, has written widely about foreign policy, especially Australia's relations with Asian states.
'balanced, well written, and comprehensive . . . robust without being unduly defensive.'
T. B. Millar, International History Review
'a clear statement of where Australia presently sees itself going . . . why, and how it expects to get there'
Stuart Harris, Australian Journal of International Affairs
'an excellent survey . . . comprehensive and cogently argued.'
David Anderson, Quadrant
'sober and substantial . . . almost entirely free of the self-indulgence usually characteristic of such offerings'
Peter Lawler, Asian Studies Review
'it will become obligatory reading for students of international relations and the standard primer for would-be diplomats.'
John Schäuble, Overland Vissza