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Discusses the processes, institutions, actors and calculations involved in foreign policy making in Australia. Looks at the role of the government departments and intelligence organisations that support the government's policy-making, and the thinking of the people who make it, in more detail than ever before. It draws on an extensive survey of how Australian foreign affairs officials think about the world. This fully revised and updated edition includes four new chapters on Australia's security, prosperity, values and its place in the world. It includes two new case studies covering the negotiation of the US-Australia free trade agreement and Australia's regional mission to the Solomon Islands

Sundelius, B. Interdependence and Foreign Policy. Cooperation and Conflict, XV, 1980, 187-208. This survey briefly dissects the concept of interdependence, indicating its many interpreta tions and dimensions. Following a broad overview of the structure and process of the international politics of interdependence, as indicated in the literature covered, some implications for national foreign policy-making are pointed to. The impact of interdepen dence on state objectives and instruments, the relation between domestic and foreign policy, prevalent international processes and actors, and national processes and strategies are discussed, in particular with a view to the implications for smaller European nations. Finally, some important limitations of the discussed features are emphasized. The conclu sion calls for some empirical research to test the many interesting assertions contained in the interdependence literature.

"Media, War, and Foreign Policy" published on by Oxford University Press.

"Climate Change in Foreign Policy" published on by Oxford University Press.

"Special Relationships in Foreign Policy" published on by Oxford University Press.

DURING THE EARLY YEARS OF THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, AUSTRALIA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH INDONESIA DID NOT FOLLOW AMERICA'S PATH. CANBERRA CONTINUED INSTEAD TO DRAW CLOSER TO JAKARTA. ALONG THE WAY, SOME IN AUSTRALIA'S LEADERSHIP LIKED TO BELIEVE THAT THEIR TIMOR POLICY WAS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE MUCH-VAUNTED DIPLOMATIC PHENOMENON OF "AUSTRALIAN LEADERSHIP." WITHIN TWO YEARS OF THE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS, HOWEVER, THE POLICIES OF BOTH MAJOR AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL PARTIES SHOWED QUIET SIGNS OF BELATED CHANGE. THE EAST TIMORESE INDEPENDENCE DEBACLE FURTHER TESTED THE AUSTRALIAN COMMITMENT TO WARM RELATIONS WITH INDONESIA.

DOMESTIC CONSENSUS ON US FOREIGN POLICY IS LACKING IN LARGE MEASURE BECAUSE OF HIGHLY INEQUITABLE MANNER IN WHICH THE US GOVERNMENT DISTRIBUTES THE DOMESTIC BURDENS OF THAT POLICY. THE US DEFENDED THE OVERVALUED DOLLAR BY INEQUITABLE SACRIFICES FROM LOWER-INCOME AND BLUE COLLAR AMERICANS. THIS WAS REFLECTED IN DEFENSE SPENDING CUTS AND TRADE POLICY.

'Vietnamese Foreign Policy in Transition' edited by Carlyle A. Thayer and Ramses Amer is reviewed.