Lecture 10 Australia and the Asian Region

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Lecture 10 Australia and the Asian Region

• The great turn around in contemporary Australian
  history is that the region from which we sought
  in the past to protect ourselvesis now the
  region which offers Australia the most.
  -- Evans Grant, 1995
•  The Labour Government under Keating had
  approached Asia in a way that made us looks as
  though we were knocking on their door saying
  please let us in instead of realising we were
  always somebody they would want to have in
  because of our strengths.
• -- John Howard,1999

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What is Asia?

• What Constitutes Asia? Who is Asian?
• Australias attitudes towards Asia?
• The Yellow Peril
• The Red Menace
• The Asian Miracle
• The Asian Crisis
• The Terrorist Threat

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Evans, Keating and Engagement

• Early Engagement
• Evans Middle Powerism
• Common Security
• Comprehensive Security
• Human Security
• Co-operative Security
• ARF
• Cambodia Peace Plan
• APEC

Keating at APEC, 1994
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The Howard Government and Engagement

• Differences from the Keating period
• Emotional Vs Practical Regionalism
• Multi-lateralism Vs Bi-lateralism
• Relations with Asia Vs US Alliance

Howard and Bush at APEC, 2001
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Testing Australias Relationship with Asia

• The Asian Financial Crisis (1997)
• Hansonism (1998)
• The East Timor Intervention (1999)
• The Howard Doctrine
• Terrorism and People Smuggling
• Pre-emption
• The Boxing Day Tsunami (2004)

East Timor