Global Canberra: Leveraging Australia's strategic partnerships

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Abstract

This chapter explores Australia’s turn to strategic partnerships to advance its geo- political security interests. Specifically, it examines how Australia is leveraging the Australia-UK-US (AUKUS) strategic partnership to prioritise specific policy goals. It shows that Australia’s use of SPs is consistent with a much wider global and regional turn to a more flexible, less institutionalised approach to defence and foreign policy among states in response to an increasingly volatile international order. It is argued that the AUKUS agreement is the most ambitious long-term defence integration project undertaken by Washington, London, and Canberra.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAustralian Politics at a Crossroads
Subtitle of host publicationProspects for Change
EditorsMatteo Bonotti, Narelle Miragliotta
Place of PublicationAbingdon UK
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter11
Pages177-193
Number of pages17
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9781003394686
ISBN (Print)9781032496245, 9781032496252
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

Keywords

  • AUKUS
  • Strategic Partnerships
  • Australian foreign policy
  • Australian Defence Force
  • Australian defence policy
  • Submarine warfare
  • US foreign policy
  • US defence policy
  • UK foreign policy
  • ANZUS
  • Biden administration
  • Naval strategy
  • South China Sea
  • ASEAN
  • China
  • Japan
  • Republic of Korea

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