Middle Power Dreaming Australia in World Affairs, 2006-2010

by Cotton, James; Ravenhill, John

• ISBN13: 9780195567274
• ISBN10: 0195567277
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-29
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This comprehensive volume on Australian foreign policy reviews the key activities of policy-makers and the policy community during the period from 2006 to 2010, years characterized by a significant realignment of global and regional power. Chapters examine Australia's major bilateral relationships and central questions in policy-making and execution. There is also coverage of emerging and developing issues such as relations with Africa and India, and innovations in the management of foreign policy-making:

Author Biography

James Cotton is Professor of Politics, University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy. John Ravenhill is Professor and Head of the School of Politics and International Relations in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University.

Table of Contents

Tables, Figures and Boxes	p. vii
Contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Middle Power Dreaming: Australian Foreign Policy during the Rudd-Gillard Governments	p. 1
The Howard-Downer Legacy: Global Deputy, Regional Sheriff	p. 13
Back from the Brink: Australia and the Global Economy 2006-10	p. 32
Australia-America 2006-2010: Waiting for Obama	p. 53
Australia and China: The Challenges to Forging a æTrue Friendship'	p. 71
Australia and Japan: Mobilising the Bilateral Relationship	p. 94
Australia and Europe	p. 111
Australia's Strategic and Commercial Engagement with South Asia under Kevin Rudd: The Paradoxes	p. 129
Australia, the Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste	p. 147
Progress and Limits in Regional Cooperation: Australia and Southeast Asia	p. 165
Australian Foreign Policy towards Africa	p. 185
Plus Ça Change? The Coalition, Labor and the Challenges of Environmental Foreign Policy	p. 208
The Australia 2020 Summit as an Experiment in Foreign Policy-making	p. 224
Defence and Security	p. 244
Australia's Foreign Policy Machinery	p. 261
Regional, Alliance and Global Priorities of the Rudd-Gillard Government	p. 273
References	p. 290
Index	p. 337
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