Download or read book Australia s Threat Perceptions written by Alan Dupont and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Australia s Changing Threat Perceptions written by Ray Sunderland and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Giant Next Door written by Roy Campbell McDowall and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1957 and 1965 the Australian Government's threat perceptions of Indonesia changed from viewing it as a weak but relatively friendly country, to eventually see it by 1965 as posing a 'direct threat' to Australia's security. This thesis analyses how this transition in threat perception occurred within the three-stage policy development process of the Menzies Government. In doing so the thesis links the broader historical literature analysing Australian policy during the period with the more generalised literature analysing the Australian Government's strategic perceptions of Indonesia. By analysing the policy development process the thesis is able to make broader conclusions regarding Australia's strategic history and the way it has perceived threats. The thesis demonstrates that between 1958 and 1964, Indonesia was the most prominent threat in Australian defence planning, frequently being debated and discussed ahead of Communist China, even though it never rivalled the China threat in sheer magnitude. Indonesia was mostly conceived as being a 'low-level' threat, but this nevertheless led to a significant shift in Australian defence planning in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The result was a push to create 'self-supporting' forces and a focus on the defence of the Australian continent and its maritime approaches, well before these ideas matured and became better known in the 1970s under the 'Defence of Australia' concept. Finally, the rise of the Indonesia threat caused a significant rift in Australian defence planning, with the Department of Defence chaired Joint Planning Committee preferring to focus on the worst-case scenario of a strong and hostile Indonesia while, in contrast, the Department of External Affairs chaired Joint Intelligence Committee preferred to focus on the more likely scenario of a low-level Indonesia threat. This difference in focus aggravated tensions in Australia's defence planning regarding whether to focus on developing Australia's maritime deterrent capabilities, more suited to resisting a strong and hostile Indonesia, or to focus on developing the Australian Army, more suited towards responding to low-level contingencies on the New Guinea-Indonesian border. Although Defence and External Affairs remained attentive to providing Cabinet with accurate analysis of Indonesia's evolving capabilities and intentions, at times the reliability of their assessments was cast into serious doubt by events such as the Indonesian Civil War, the escalation of the West New Guinea dispute, and Sukarno's 'Year of Dangerous Living'. Such events tended to cause a general converging of threat perceptions across the Government's policy machinery towards recognising an increased Indonesia threat, whilst fostering lingering uncertainty regarding Indonesia's current and future capabilities.
Download or read book The China Threat written by Ian Storey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines perceptions of the 'China Threat', and government policies in response to the perceived threat in a wide range of countries and areas, including the US, Russia, Europe, Japan, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
Download or read book Indonesia s Role in the Region an Australian Perspective written by John Lee and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia is comfortable with Indonesia's rise because Indonesia is neither too weak nor too strong in economic or military terms to be perceived as a threat or create difficulties for Australia. As a result, Australia has no interest in containing Indonesian power or influence. Instead, Canberra's goal is to neutralise or dilute Indonesia's threat perception of Australia, and minimise political and diplomatic tension between the two countries.
Download or read book Threats and Alliances in the Middle East written by May Darwich and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-26 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines Saudi and Syrian policies during three pivotal wars, to understand how identity and power influence state behaviour in the Middle East.
Download or read book Understanding Divergence Between Public Discourse and Security Practice in Pivotal Middle Powers written by Wayne McLean and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do public discourses within middle powers often contrast with their foreign and security policy practice? In this thesis, I argue these differences occur because the content of certain debates can harm the national interest. As a result, security and foreign policy elites seek to reorder discourses in order to ameliorate security threats. I make this argument using a framework based on neoclassical realism. Neoclassical realism posits that structural forces guide international politics over the long-term, but that domestic forces can restrain or accelerate security responses in the short-term. I use this approach to frame a typology that demonstrates how elites promote or demote specific discourses, depending on the issue at hand. I analyse cases that are not typically grouped together as middle powers: Australia, Turkey and Mexico. I argue these 'pivotal' middle powers are useful cases because they sit at the centre of important security competitions and are reliant on both low threat perceptions and highly pragmatic foreign and security policy. This account fills a gap in the current middle power literature, which suggests that the foreign and security policies of middle powers have their genesis in ideational factors. Within each case I demonstrate how elites respond in three different ways, depending on the security narrative at hand. These are: (1) deflection, where contentious issues are removed from domestic debates because they threaten the ability of elites to make pragmatic foreign and security policy and security decisions; (2) dilution, where rogue and populist voice gain traction, resulting in their messages being taken on by the centre in order ameliorate problematic narratives; and (3) inflation, where benign issues are promoted as these provide 'safe' are of political competition without the risking of interfering in core security concerns. This contribution finds these pivotal middle powers, over the long-term, behave as expected under a pragmatic, realist reading. But, in the shorter term I find that domestic debates concerned with foreign and security policy are often volatile, meaning elites seek to control them so they do not interference with higher order foreign and security policy.
Download or read book Dynamics of Social Change and Perceptions of Threat written by Ewald Frie and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Threat Perception and Developmental States in Northeast Asia written by Tianbiao Zhu and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Australian Foreign Policy written by Michael O'Keefe and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-10 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does Australia's unique geographical, cultural and historical position influence its approach to foreign policy? What key challenges does Australia face on the world stage, and how can it overcome them? Reflecting the messy reality of foreign policy decision-making, this book helps you to understand the changes and continuities in Australia's approach. For example, does the US withdrawal from Vietnam in 1973 and collapse of South Vietnam continue to cast a shadow over Australian foreign policy, or is it relevant only in understanding the dynamics of the cold war? Using an Australian Strategic Culture framework, O'Keefe sheds light on the characteristics that make Australia behave in a way different to any other country and equips you with analytic skills to understand the main debates, such as: - In what sense could Australia be seen as a 'good' international citizen? - Have national interests trumped global responsibilities? - How does the intersection between civil society and public opinion interact with foreign policy making? This book is essential reading if you are a student of Australian foreign policy, as well as of broader Australian domestic politics and international relations.
Download or read book More Than an Ally written by Maryanne Kelton and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing specific cases to demonstrate both the intensity and complexity of dealing with the US, Maryanne Kelton provides an explanatory framework for understanding the Australian government's choices in its relations with the US across the broader spectrum of security issues.
Download or read book Perception and Misperception in International Politics written by Robert Jervis and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its original publication in 1976, Perception and Misperception in International Politics has become a landmark book in its field, hailed by the New York Times as "the seminal statement of principles underlying political psychology." This new edition includes an extensive preface by the author reflecting on the book's lasting impact and legacy, particularly in the application of cognitive psychology to political decision making, and brings that analysis up to date by discussing the relevant psychological research over the past forty years. Jervis describes the process of perception (for example, how decision makers learn from history) and then explores common forms of misperception (such as overestimating one's influence). He then tests his ideas through a number of important events in international relations from nineteenth- and twentieth-century European history. Perception and Misperception in International Politics is essential for understanding international relations today.
Download or read book Global Security in a Multipolar World written by Feng Zhongping and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Australia in World Affairs 2016 2020 written by Australian Institute of International Affairs and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-30 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 2016 and 2020 Australia's foreign and security policies were significantly impacted by profound changes in geopolitics and geoeconomics, particularly as great power competition re-emerged between the United States and China. Australia in World Affairs 2016-2020: A Return to Great-Power Rivalry examines Australia's engagement on the international stage in light of these events. The thirteenth volume in the Australia in World Affairs series builds on the history of Australia's foreign policy covered in other volumes to identify patterns of continuity and change. It catalogues the key developments in this period of world history from an Australian perspective. Organised thematically, chapters cover Australia's foreign policy response to climate change, Australia's strengthened ties to the Indo-Pacific region, and its security interests in Southeast Asia. Australia's increasing security dependence on the US in an age of great-power rivalry is evident throughout.
Download or read book Australian Public Opinion Defence and Foreign Policy written by Danielle Chubb and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the impact of Australian public opinion towards defence and foreign policy from the mid-twentieth century to the present day. For most of this period, the public showed little interest in defence and security policy and possessed limited knowledge about the strategic options available. The principal post-war exception to this pattern is, of course, the Vietnam War, when political divisions over Australia’s support for the U.S.-led action eventually resulted in the withdrawal of troops in 1972. The period since 2001 has seen a fundamental change both in the public’s views of defence and foreign affairs, and in how these issues are debated by political elites. This has come about as a result of major changes in the strategic environment such as a heightened public awareness of terrorism, party political divisions over Australia’s military commitment to the 2003-11 Iraq War and the increasing overlap of economic and trade considerations with defence and foreign policies, which has increased the public’s interest in these issues. Combining the expertise of one of Australia's foremost scholars of public opinion with that of an expert of international relations, particularly as pertains to Australia in Asia, this book will be a critical read for those wishing to understand Australia's alliance with the U.S., interactions with Asia and China, and the distinctive challenges posed to Australia by its geographic position.
Download or read book The Political Economy of Grand Strategy written by Kevin Narizny and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nation's grand strategy rarely serves the best interests of all its citizens. Instead, every strategic choice benefits some domestic groups at the expense of others. When groups with different interests separate into opposing coalitions, societal debates over foreign policy become polarized along party lines. Parties then select leaders who share the priorities of their principal electoral and financial backers. As a result, the overarching goals and guiding principles of grand strategy, as formulated at the highest levels of government, derive from domestic coalitional interests. In The Political Economy of Grand Strategy, Kevin Narizny develops these insights into a comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding the dynamics of security policy.The focus of this analysis is the puzzle of partisanship. The conventional view of grand strategy, in which state leaders act as neutral arbiters of the "national interest," cannot explain why political turnover in the executive office often leads to dramatic shifts in state behavior. Narizny, in contrast, shows how domestic politics structured foreign policymaking in the United States and Great Britain from 1865 to 1941. In so doing, he sheds light on long-standing debates over the revival of British imperialism, the rise of American expansionism, the creation of the League of Nations, American isolationism in the interwar period, British appeasement in the 1930s, and both countries' decisions to enter World War I and World War II.
Download or read book Global Trends 2040 written by National Intelligence Council and published by Cosimo Reports. This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.
