In August 1997 the Australian Government released the first White Paper ever issued on its foreign policy. As one important element, this essay tries to delineate the pro Asia-Pacific shift of Australia’s international economic and security orientations, particularly since the early 1970s - a foreign policy which could rest upon an certain bipartisan basis. The recently launched White Paper represents a new reflection upon Australia’s national interests and a soft relativisation of the strong emphasis on regional and multilateral foreign policy performances of former governments. According to a least the author’s judgement, the fundamental legacy of Australia’s international relations remain: a certain (a definite?) contradiction between the country’s predominant cultural and ethnic (!) heritage on the one hand and its geographical location on the other.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:Potsdam/oai:kobv.de-opus-ubp:1138 |
| Date | January 1998 |
| Creators | Mols, Manfred |
| Publisher | Universität Potsdam, Extern. Extern |
| Source Sets | Potsdam University |
| Language | German |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Postprint |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | WeltTrends : Zeitschrift für internationale Politik und vergleichende Studien. - 19 (1998). - S. 121 – 137 |
| Rights | http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/doku/urheberrecht.php |
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