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Australia and the United States have found themselves fighting
common enemies on the battlefields of the world for over half a
century. Australian ground forces have repeatedly stood
shoulder-to-shoulder with American troops in conflicts from Korea
and Vietnam to Afghanistan - and now in the 2003 Iraq war. This
study looks closely at the key factors which, for over fifty years,
have shaped, interpreted and applied the aims and aspirations of
this mutual defence agreement to the real world of shifting
threats, changing strategic balances and the democratic
uncertainties of domestic politics. A departure from the current
literature, the ANZUS alliance, now updated to take account of the
new post 11 September 2001 realities, is presented as an accessible
and concise survey of this often neglected but increasingly
important trans-Pacific link between the American giant and its
durable Australian ally. Suitable as supplementary reading at the
3rd year undergraduate and postgraduate levels of courses studying
international relations generally, but also useful for those
engaged with elements of global and regional security, and
strategic defence analysis.
The catalyst for this study was the Fukushima-Daiichi major nuclear
accident of 11 March 2011. In this event, a severe earthquake and15
metre tsunami caused serious damage and equipment failures at
Japan's Fukushima 1 Nuclear Power Plant which were judged by the
International Atomic Energy Agency to be equally as serious as the
Soviet Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986. Against a background of
nuclear hesitancy and reassessment, the prospect of including or
excluding nuclear power in a low-carbon twenty-first century world
is now increasingly critical. It is in this emerging scenario and
context that this book presents a full suite of historical,
contemporary and projected data. Its use of complementary and
comparative country-based case studies provides ample opportunity
for developing strongly illustrative analysis of policy
effectiveness in diverse polities and markets. In this way, it
combines clear, comprehensive and rigorously science-based
evidence, analysis and interpretation of data, all leading to
conclusions and policy recommendations. Furthermore, it builds an
understanding of the complexities and many challenges posed by the
nuclear power option.
A comprehensive exploration of how national and state security
policy is effected by the production, storage, transportation,
safeguarding, export and use of enriched uranium - and, by
extension, plutonium. A wide range of geopolitical, security and
technical issues are examined, as are the challenges presented to
national and global governance. This book contributes to a new
understanding of one of the most serious security implications
inherent in the current rapid growth in nuclear power generation.
It assesses attempts made to deal with the latent dangers to
Homeland Security posed by potential misuse of enriched uranium and
plutonium, considering both the chances for success, and the costs
of failure.
Australia and the United States have found themselves fighting
common enemies on the battlefields of the world for over half a
century. Australian ground forces have repeatedly stood
shoulder-to-shoulder with American troops in conflicts from Korea
and Vietnam to Afghanistan - and now in the 2003 Iraq war. This
study looks closely at the key factors which, for over fifty years,
have shaped, interpreted and applied the aims and aspirations of
this mutual defence agreement to the real world of shifting
threats, changing strategic balances and the democratic
uncertainties of domestic politics. A departure from the current
literature, the ANZUS alliance, now updated to take account of the
new post 11 September 2001 realities, is presented as an accessible
and concise survey of this often neglected but increasingly
important trans-Pacific link between the American giant and its
durable Australian ally. Suitable as supplementary reading at the
3rd year undergraduate and postgraduate levels of courses studying
international relations generally, but also useful for those
engaged with elements of global and regional security, and
strategic defence analysis.
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