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Australian Foreign Affairs Series

25 primary works • 25 total works
Australian Foreign Affairs is a journal by the publishers of Quarterly Essay. It is published three times a year, in February, July and October ... Australia’s top thinkers on foreign affairs address the most significant foreign affairs dynamics affecting Australia today, including the rise of China and the election of Donald Trump. The world is ch…

Book 1

The Big Picture: Towards an Independent Foreign Policy
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3.77 · 31 Ratings · 3 Reviews · 2 editions
‘We need to determine a foreign policy of our own …

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    Book 2

    Trump in Asia: The New World Disorder
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    4.00     · 25 Ratings · 3 Reviews · 2 editions
    ‘We’ve hidden behind a hope that American power an…

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    Book 3

    Australia and Indonesia: Can We Be Friends?
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    3.77     · 26 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2018 · 2 editions
    “While we can never ignore Indonesia’s potential a…

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    Book 4

    Defending Australia
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    3.74     · 19 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2018 · 1 edition
    The fourth issue of Australian Foreign Affairs exa…

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    Book 5

    Are We Asian Yet?: History vs Geography
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    3.57     · 23 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2019 · 2 editions
    “One of Australia’s defining characteristics is th…

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    Book 6

    Our Sphere of Influence: Rivalry in the Pacific
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    4.00     · 13 Ratings · published 2019 · 2 editions
    The latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs exa…

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    Book 7

    China Dependence: Australia's New Vulnerability
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    3.89     · 28 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2019 · 2 editions
    “There is no Australian future – sunlit or shadowe…

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    Book 8

    Can We Trust America? A Superpower in Transition
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    3.89     · 19 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2020 · 2 editions
    The eighth issue of Australian Foreign Affairs exa…

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    Book 9

    Spy vs Spy: The New Age of Espionage
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    4.15     · 34 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2020 · 2 editions
    The ninth issue of Australian Foreign Affairs expl…

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    Book 10

    Friends, Allies and Enemies: Asia's Shifting Loyalties
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    3.96     · 24 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2020 · 2 editions
    “These are anxious times. Not since early 1942 hav…

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    Book 11

    The March of Autocracy: Australia's Fateful Choices
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    3.95     · 20 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2021 · 2 editions
    ‘China is an emergent empire of a kind never seen …

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    Book 12

    Feeling the Heat: Australia Under Climate Pressure
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    4.17     · 24 Ratings · 3 Reviews · 2 editions
    “Australia’s climate and energy policy is a ‘toxic…

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    Book 13

    India Rising? Asia's Huge Question
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    3.70     · 23 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2021 · 2 editions
    India Rising? Asia's Huge Question

    The thirteenth i…

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    Book 14

    The Taiwan Choice, Showdown in Asia
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    4.12     · 32 Ratings · published 2022 · 2 editions
    The fourteenth issue of Australian Foreign Affairs…

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    Book 15

    Our Unstable Neighbourhood: The Contest for South-East Asia
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    4.24     · 25 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2022 · 2 editions
    As the great powers clash in South-East Asia, how …

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    Book 16

    The Return of the West: Australia and the Changing World Order: Australian Foreign Affairs 16
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    4.20     · 15 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 3 editions
    The Return of the West looks at the challenges for…

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    Book 17

    Girt by China: Power play in the Pacific
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    4.25     · 24 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 1 edition
    What challenges does Australia face as the world's…

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    Book 18

    We Need to Talk about America: An Alliance in Flux: Australian Foreign Affairs 18
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    3.96     · 23 Ratings · 4 Reviews · 2 editions
    The latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs exa…

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    Book 19

    New Domino Theory: Does China really want to attack Australia?: Australian Foreign Affairs 19
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    4.03     · 31 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 2 editions
    The latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs exa…

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    Book 20

    Dead in the Water: The AUKUS Delusion
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    4.13     · 38 Ratings · 5 Reviews · 2 editions
    "Canberra's strategic illusions are the ultimate c…

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    Book 21

    The Jakarta Option: Could Indonesia ever be an ally?; Australian Foreign Affairs 21
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    4.08     · 26 Ratings · 4 Reviews · 2 editions
    Canberra and Jakarta face similar threats in a cha…

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    Book 22

    The Bad Guys: How to Deal with our Illiberal Friends: Australian Foreign Affairs 22
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    3.77     · 13 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 1 edition

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    Book 23

    Planet Australia
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 edition

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    Book 24

    Tech Wars: China, America-and Australia's Options
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    4.33     · 6 Ratings · 1 edition
    The next issue of Australian Foreign Affairs explo…

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    Book 25

    The Bomb
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    4.33     · 3 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 1 edition
    "For too long we have avoided thinking seriously a…

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