Australia's Alliance Advantages

The Australian Invasion of Iraq 2003: Power, Identity, and an Uncertain Future Foreign policy decision-makers are not omnipotent enlightened individuals who can calmly evaluate all available information, assign relative values, and reflectively consider options. Instead, foreign policy is determined by individuals, as a collective, attempting to comprehend a bewildering array of

Australia had quite a large involvement in the Vietnam War and it is still considered an important part of our history, as it is the longest Australia has been involved in any war. We were involved in the war from 1962 to 1972 and roughly 60000 Australian men and women

1. The exchange of goods and services between international borders or territories is known as international trade. It allows countries to use excess resources, if the resource can be produced more efficiently then it can be sold cheaply. If a country lacks access to certain resources they can obtain that

This treaty was also at a great advantage to Australia as The US were not trying to overtake them as it also clearly states in article six of the ANZUS treaty, “This Treaty does not affect and shall not be interpreted as affecting in any way the rights and obligations of the Parties under the Charter of the United Nations or the responsibility of the United Nations for the maintenance of

Though Australia is a powerful country and is considered a main player in the surrounding area yet it is does not hold a primary rank in the global environment. Australia's contribution in military interventions beyond the Asia Pacific is smaller and follows the lead of another country such as the United States. The Australian Defense Force (ADF) has the capability to tackle with the crises in its neighborhood, because of emergence of security concerns constantly from Indonesia and many other smaller states. Australia has adopted a strategy to support and strengthen the presence of United States in the region. This mutual cooperation is very important for Australia as regards economy and security. Its alliance with United States has been due to many reasons.

What impact did the Vietnam War have on Australian society? Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War not only had extensive effects on the Australian society during the early 1960s and late 1970s, but also greatly affected future generations. Over the period of the Vietnam War, the increasing controversy over the

When the Japanese attack Darwin on the 19th February 1942, they had the intention of causing a catastrophic impact on Australia but little did they know that the event, which become a significant one because of the causes that led up to the attack and the consequences that followed right

Australian forces become involved in the Vietnam War due to many different reasons, but I believe they can be broken down into 4 different sub – categories; Alliances, especially with the United States of America, keeping the war off our soil, the fear of communism, and the call for support

In Australia, from 1930’s onwards, Australia faced many dangers associated with the war. Before WWII, Australia faced economic threats, from the Great Depression, as well as threats from other countries, with the rise of Germany. At the commencement of WWII, Australia began to feel the threat of Japan. Australia battled these threats with a sense of national pride and prominent individuals who greatly assisted during the war.

Australia 's US alliance is unquestionably its single most important security relationship. The security relationship between Australia and the U.S. was sealed with the introduction of the Australia New Zealand United States treaty (ANZUS) which was signed in 1951 (Taylor, 2016). The ANZUS treaty was instigated by the three nations to protect the security of the Pacific. Although New Zealand no longer holds security ties with U.S., the treaty is still in place and was the first of many formal alliances between Australia and the U.S. (Taylor, 2016).

Canada’s trade alliances with other nations and the advantages derived from it Apart from the free trade alliances with the U.S, Canada is also seen to possess agreements such as TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) and CETA (Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement). These trade agreements have facilitated creating strategic alliances with a number of nations such as Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam and Australia. Additionally strategic alliances have also been facilitated with many European nations19. Apart from reduction in tariff rates, trade of services, intellectual property and investments have become much more regulated and transparent. Expansion into Canada would therefore enable the companies to take advantage of such free trade agreements and develop alliances globally20. Since such trade alliances have strengthened the economy, infrastructural development in the nation has been quite rapid. Ease in business operations has therefore been facilitated. Additionally, access of new foreign markets have also become easy12.

By presenting a clear concise definition of national security ‘Freedom from attack or the threat of attack; the maintenance of our territorial integrity; the maintenance of our political sovereignty; the preservation of our hard won freedoms; and the maintenance of our fundamental capacity to advance economic prosperity for all Australians’ the statement provides a strategic framework to drive the necessitating policy. The statement also advises that this provides context for the Defence White Paper for the next twenty years, as I will detail later on the Defence Department already receives the majority share of the national security funding what this does is place an inordinate amount of responsibility into the hands of the Department of Defence.

Introduction Australia’s national security landscape has changed significantly throughout its history, especially through the Howard, Rudd and Gillard years when fuelled by globalisation, terrorism and widespread economic turmoil. However, despite the varying nature of the threat landscape over the past century Australia has not until recently documented a combined, singular,

The U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheet indicates Australia to be a main ally and essential partner to the United States and that they have a healthy relationship due to the mutual democratic values, shared interests, and cultural similarities. Once the countries allied, the United States and Australia participated in key World War II battles, including the Battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and

Being part of the commonwealth, New Zealand has traditionally been close trading partners with the United Kingdom, however with Britain entering the EU in 1973, New Zealand was forced to find other trading partners to sustain the country’s economy. The formation of the Australian, New Zealand and United States security treaty 1951 (ANZUS) had played a significant role in the Nuclear ships disputes throughout the 1980’s. The visitation of US nuclear powered and armed war ships had a significant