Australia?s Pursuit of an Independent Foreign Policy under the Whitlam Labor Government
The Achievements and Limitations of a Middle Power
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 18 December 2024
- ISBN 9781032461878
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages230 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 453 g
- Language English 672
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Short description:
Chen demonstrates how ?the pursuit of foreign policy independence repeatedly placed the Whitlam Government in a position wedged in between Australia?s traditional allies and the Third World; and how it navigated Australia?s national interests on a series of dilemma situations.
MoreLong description:
Examining a series of episodes in Australia?s foreign relations under Whitlam, the author pays attention to a broad range of hitherto insufficiently researched domestic and international issues in Australian?s foreign relations of the early 1970s.
The election of the Whitlam-led Labor Government in December 1972 ushered in fresh ideas and audacious initiatives in Australia?s foreign policy. Whitlam?s approach was shaped by a vision of taking Australia forward to its ?rightful? and ?independent? place in the future of the Asia-Pacific region. They range from immigration policy and the abolition of appeals from Australian Courts to the Privy Council to such major international issues as the Anglo-American base in Diego Garcia, French nuclear testing in the Pacific and the Five-Power Agreement with respect to Malaysia and Singapore. He demonstrates how the pursuit of foreign policy independence repeatedly placed the Whitlam Government in a position wedged in between Australia?s traditional allies and the Third World; and how it navigated Australia?s national interests on a series of dilemma situations involving conflicting strategic interests between Australia and its traditional allies, and those between major powers and the non-aligned countries. The analysis presented in this book contributes to not only historical literature on the subject but also the understanding of how a middle power, like Australia, can navigate intensifying great power rivalry.
Essential reading for scholars of Australian foreign policy, as well as being an invaluable case study of middle power diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Contents
List of acronyms and abbreviations
Key People
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. Not "A Camp-Follower" Anymore
Chapter 2. In Pursuit of Judicial Independence
Chapter 3. From "Forward Defence" to "Continental Defence"
Chapter 4. The Spectre of Nuclear Testing
Chapter 5. Stuck between Two Worlds
Chapter 6. The Triumph of Realism
Conclusion
Index
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