Australian Foreign and Defense Policy in the Wake of the 1999/2000 East Timor Intervention

by Chalk, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780833030443
• ISBN10: 0833030442
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-15
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

This book examines key developments leading to the deployment of the International Peacekeeping Force for East Timor and assesses the impact of this intervention on Canberra's future defense, security and foreign policy planning.

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
Summary	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
Acronyms and Abbreviations	xiii
Introduction	1	(4)
The History and Evolution of Australia's Foreign Policy in Southeast Asia	5	(14)
Australian Foreign Policy to 1969	5	(3)
Australian Foreign Policy Between 1969 and 1991	8	(3)
The Post-Cold War Era	11	(8)
The Paul Keating Administration	11	(4)
The John Howard Administration	15	(4)
Australia's Foreign Relations with Indonesia: 1945 to the Present	19	(10)
The Early Years: 1945-1965	20	(3)
The New Order Period: 1965-1988	23	(2)
1988 to the Present	25	(4)
The East Timor Issue and its Impact on Australian-Indonesian Relations	29	(18)
Overview of the East Timor Conflict	30	(7)
Australian Policy to 1995	37	(2)
Australian Policy Under John Howard	39	(3)
Fallout from and Implications of the East Timor Intervention	42	(5)
Australian-Indonesian Relations: Mending the Rift and Strengthening Ties	47	(14)
The Australian-Indonesian Impasse	47	(3)
Rebuilding Indonesian-Australian Relations: What Type of Partnership?	50	(1)
Stabilizing Australian-Indonesian Relations: Basic Building Blocks	51	(5)
Australian-Indonesian Defense Ties	56	(5)
Examining Australia's Defense Capabilities in Light of East Timor	61	(16)
The 2000 Defense White Paper	62	(2)
A Definitive Blueprint for the Future?	64	(4)
The 2000 Defence White Paper and Australia's Wider Southeast Asian Policy	68	(1)
The 2000 Defence White Paper and the Australian-U.S. Relationship	69	(8)
Bibliography	77