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Australian Foreign Policy: Controversies and Debates examines the
core debates and multiple dilemmas that define foreign policy in
Australia. The book will produce a critical understanding of the
multiple influences on the formulation, implementation and
transformation of Australian foreign policy. Key bilateral
relationships, including China, Indonesia and the US, will be
investigated. Attention is also paid to contemporary issues such as
asylum seekers, terrorism, international environmental issues, good
international citizenship and economic globalisation. The debates
are informative and potentially provocative as the book is designed
to encourage discussion and analytical and critical thought. For
the topics discussed, there is not necessarily a 'right' answer.
Readers are asked to develop their own opinions and hypotheses
based on critical engagement with the debates. Each chapter
concludes with follow-up questions to help draw these out.
Terrorist acts, most notably 9/11 and the Bali bombings,
transformed attitudes to the secretive world of intelligence,
surveillance and security. In this book a prominent group of
writers including Michael Mori, Ben Saul, Anne Aly and Peter Leahy
lay bare the facts about spying and security in post-9/11
Australia. Their compelling book cuts through panic and
fear-mongering to ask hard questions: Is ASIO unaccountable? Is the
money spent on security worth it? Is cyber-terrorism an urgent
threat? Are Australia's spies up to the job? Is WikiLeaks good for
human rights? Are Australians trading their privacy for a false
sense of security? Spooked untangles the half-truths, conspiracy
theories and controversies about the 'war on terror', and is a
welcome antidote to misinformation and alarm.
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