Australian Foreign Policy in Asia

Middle Power or Awkward Partner?

Allan Patience (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XIV, 322 Seiten

2018 | 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-69346-0 (ISBN)

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This book sets out to discuss what kind of 'middle power' Australia is, and whether its identity as a middle power negatively influences its relationship with Asia. It looks at the history of the middle power concept, develops three concepts of middle power status and examines Australia's relationships with China, Japan and Indonesia as a focus. It argues that Australia is an 'awkward partner' in its relations with Asia due to both its historical colonial and discriminatory past, as well its current dependence upon the United States for a security alliance. It argues this should be changed by adopting a new middle power concept in Australian foreign policy.

Allan Patience is a Principal Fellow in the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has held chairs in political science and Asian studies in Australia and Japan and visiting academic appointments in China, Taiwan, Burma, and Papua New Guinea.

Introduction.- Chapter 1: Liminal Australia in Asia.- Chapter 2: Middle Powers and Awkward Partners.- Chapter 3: Australia's Middle Power Imagining.- Chapter 4: To Be or Not to Be in Asia?.- Chapter 5: Japan: 'Australia's Best Friend in Asia'?.- Chapter 6: 'Fear and Greed'? Australia's Relations with China.- Chapter 7: To Appease or Offend? Australia's Indonesian Dilemma.- Chapter 8: Middle Power or Global Citizen?.- Bibliography.

Erscheinungsdatum	27.12.2017
Reihe/Serie	Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 322 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	556 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Asia • Australia • China • foreign policy • Geopolitics • Indonesia • Japan • middle power • Post-Colonialism • Regional Politics • security
ISBN-10	3-319-69346-8 / 3319693468
ISBN-13	978-3-319-69346-0 / 9783319693460
Zustand	Neuware