Australias Foreign Relations

|The Development of Australian Foreign Policy | |
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|Gary Dean, April 1999 |
|Reference: http://www.okusi.net/garydean/works/afp.html |
|It only been these past few decades that Australia has begun to pursue a relatively independent foreign policy, from beneath |
|the shadows Britain and the US.  Australias unique historical circumstances have led to the exploitation of a certain set |
|of attitudes and characteristics that underlie its foreign relations behaviour.  Among opposite characteristics there has |
|been a dependency syndrome, first with Britain, and then with the US, an bang-up sense of geographic isolation from the |
|European cultural hearthlands and a corresponding sense of threat from Asia, and an attempt to identify and pop an |
|Australian identity to the outside world.



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|Australias early history was rule by British outlooks and interests, reflecting the immigrant population that was |
|overwhelmingly of British stock.  Australia was a mere home away from home, a far-flung outstation of the Empire.  The hearts |
|and minds of most Australians were rooted in the pastoral face countryside, even for those who had never set foot in |
|Europe.  In virtually every realm of life - social, political, cultural - Australians looked to capital of the United Kingdom for guidance and |
|support. |
|Underlying the cocksuredness and feigned rugged independence was a deep insecurity arising...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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