Documents on Australian Foreign Policy
Documents on Australian Foreign Policy

Author: James Cotton

Publisher: NewSouth Books

Published: 2020-02

Total Pages: 992

ISBN-13: 9781742236414

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When Australia became a foundation member of the League of Nations in 1919, our engagement with the world moved beyond the familiar confines of the British Empire. Leaders and officials had to grapple with conceiving and formulating a foreign policy that would be scrutinised by the new global institutions at Geneva. Meanwhile, in relations with London and as a consequence of World War One, Australia's position was in transition as the that Empire transformed into an association of 'autonomous communities' according to the Balfour formula of 1926. This volume charts and documents the first decade of these efforts. This volume, commissioned by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the Documents on Australian Foreign Policy series, is the first comprehensive survey of Australia's approach to the world in the 1920s. It is based on a thorough review of archival materials and includes many items not previously accessible or discussed in the historical literature. Framed by extended editorial essays, it provides the evidence necessary to review the evolving relationship with London and to reassess the contributions of prime ministers W. M. Hughes, S. M. Bruce and James Scullin. It also contains the first representative survey of the contribution of officials to policy formulation, and documents important initiatives in foreign and trade policy.

Australia and the World 1930—1936
Australia and the World 1930—1936

Author: James Cotton

Publisher: NewSouth Publishing

Published: 2022-02-01

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 174223920X

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Commissioned by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the prestigious Documents on Australian Foreign Policy series, this is a comprehensive survey of Australia’s foreign and trade policy from 1931–1936. This volume in the prestigious Documents on Australian Foreign Policy series —Australia and the World, 1931-36 — offers a selection of documents illustrating the framing and execution of Australian foreign and trade policy between the years 1931 and 1936. This was a period of twin global crises. The relative economic stability of the 1920s was undermined by the depression initiated by the Wall Street financial crash of 1929. The international order framed by the Versailles settlement began to unravel with the rise of authoritarian regimes, and the League of Nations proved unequal in the struggle to contain aggression, first in East Asia – following the ‘Manchurian incident’ of 1931 — and then in Ethiopia and Europe. This volume follows on from the Australia and the World, 1920–1930, published in 2019.

Australia's Foreign Relations
Australia's Foreign Relations

Author: Gareth Evans

Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing

Published: 2013-04-01

Total Pages: 467

ISBN-13: 0522863124

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‘honest, and provides a framework against which to judge foreign policy actions and achievements’ Cameron Forbes, Age ‘It will stand for the thoughtful Asian as the major document of Australia’s credentials for regional partnership . . . a dossier of almost everything you need to know about contemporary Australian foreign policy.’ Professor Stephen Fitzgerald, Director, Asia–Australia Institute Australia’s Foreign Relations is the most rigorous, lively and comprehensive ‘insider’ account ever written about the shape and direction of Australian foreign policy. This thoroughly revised edition keeps it fully abreast of a changing world. This book is indispensable for anyone who follows current affairs. Its contents range from a concise analysis of the practice and politics of making foreign policy—what it is that diplomats and foreign ministers do—to the exploration of Australia’s relationships, as a middle power, with all regions of the world. Among the many subjects covered is the new internationalist agenda, from human rights and global environmental issues to arms control. Australia’s Foreign Relations will be equally valuable for students of politics, history, international relations and economics—for, as the authors stress, foreign policy and Australia’s economic fortunes are now inextricably linked.