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This book explores the various dimensions of energy security in
Asia - which has become an increasingly important geopolitical
issue. Reputable international contributors look at the roles
played by each of the major energy importers: the United States,
China, Japan and India, as well as the main suppliers: the OPEC
states, Russia, the Central Asian states and Australia. In each
case, the domestic politics of energy security are investigated,
and state interests and perspectives on the issue are considered.
Analyzing the policy and security aspects of energy security, the
book includes an examination of: the geopolitics of energy
competition strategic, economic and environmental dimensions the
impacts of energy security on human security. With energy security
being one of the central issues facing the world today, this book
is a timely and impressive appraisal of the major energy security
issues facing Asia.
This book explores the various dimensions of energy security in
Asia - which has become an increasingly important geopolitical
issue. Reputable international contributors look at the roles
played by each of the major energy importers: the United States,
China, Japan and India, as well as the main suppliers: the OPEC
states, Russia, the Central Asian states and Australia. In each
case, the domestic politics of energy security are investigated,
and state interests and perspectives on the issue are
considered.
Analyzing the policy and security aspects of energy security,
the book includes an examination of:
- the geopolitics of energy competition
- strategic, economic and environmental dimensions
- the impacts of energy security on human security.
With energy security being one of the central issues facing the
world today, this book is a timely and impressive appraisal of the
major energy security issues facing Asia.
In 2003 Australia conceived, financed and led a Pacific-wide
intervention into Solomon Islands to prevent the collapse of that
state. The Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI)
was to remain there for fourteen years, costing over $2 billion and
involving thousands of soldiers, police and public servants from
Australia and across the Pacific. It was remarkably successful in
an age of disastrous interventions. And yet, by the time it was
withdrawn, RAMSI had largely vanished from the Australian public's
mind.Helpem Fren is the first comprehensive history of Australia
and the RAMSI intervention. Drawing on still-classified official
documents and over thirty interviews, it records the preconditions,
motivations and dynamics of RAMSI between 2003 and 2017. Providing
an intimate look at the challenges of interventions and development
assistance generally, Helpem Fren is also a portrait of the
personalities involved and the complex interactions between two
systems that couldn't be more different in culture, wealth, size
and capacity.As Australia confronts the most challenging
environment in the Pacific for seventy years, Helpem Fren offers
readers a deeper understanding of the recent history of Australia's
involvement with Solomon Islands and the Pacific.
Discusses the processes, institutions, actors and calculations
involved in foreign policy making in Australia. Looks at the role
of the government departments and intelligence organisations that
support the government's policy-making, and the thinking of the
people who make it, in more detail than ever before. It draws on an
extensive survey of how Australian foreign affairs officials think
about the world. This fully revised and updated edition includes
four new chapters on Australia's security, prosperity, values and
its place in the world. It includes two new case studies covering
the negotiation of the US-Australia free trade agreement and
Australia's regional mission to the Solomon Islands.
From grassroots conflicts to great power relations, this book
explores some of the key concepts, methodologies, and dilemmas of
researching Asia-Pacific affairs. The book deals with key questions
about the Asia Pacific: Why should we study policy from the ground
up? What are the human considerations for societies in conflict?
Why is regionalism important and how do global powers play a role?
Should Asia-Pacific researchers embrace the design-based revolution
in the social sciences? Muddy Boots and Smart Suits is for
students, scholars, and policymakers in the region looking for a
new way to understand local, regional, and global security
challenges.
Pithy and reflective, this book highlights the key economic and
political issues that Australia should currently be considering as
a Western country geographically and economically tied to Asia. For
the first time in history, Australia will be uncomfortably close to
the designs and demarches of competing great powers, and this book
argues that rather than continuing to be insular and introspective,
Australia needs to take the initiative in global affairs. This
highly readable and relevant book by one of Australia's best and
most prominent thinkers calls for a renewed public engagement and
debate regarding the future of the continent's foreign policy.
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