Dangerous Allies (Paperback)

Australia has always been reliant on 'great and powerful friends' for its sense of national security and for direction on its foreign policy-first on the British Empire and now on the United States. Australia has actively pursued a policy of strategic dependence, believing that making a grand bargain with a powerful ally was the best policy to ensure its security and prosperity. Dangerous Allies examines Australia's history of strategic dependence and questions the continuation of this position. It argues that international circumstances, in the world and in the Western Pacific especially, now make such a policy highly questionable. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the United States has also changed dramatically, making it less relevant to Australia and a less appropriate ally on which Australia should rely. Malcolm Fraser argues that Australia should adopt a much greater degree of independence in foreign policy, and that we should no longer merely follow other nations into wars of no direct interest to Australia or Australia's security. He argues for an end to strategic dependence and for the timely establishment of a truly independent Australia.

General

Imprint:	Melbourne University Press
Country of origin:	Australia
Release date:	November 2014
Authors:	Malcolm Fraser • Cain Roberts
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	376
ISBN-13:	978-0-522-87645-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Law > International law > Public international law > Treaties & other sources of international law
LSN:	0-522-87645-5
Barcode:	9780522876451

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