Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- China's Strategic Engagement with East Asia: Australian Views and Responses. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY / Lee, John -- China's Strategic Engagement with East Asia: Australian Views and Responses. INTRODUCTION / Lee, John -- AUSTRALIA AND THE ERA OF CHINA'S 'PEACEFUL RISE' -- THE RISE OF 'CHINA THREAT' IN AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC DISCOURSE -- AUSTRALIA'S ASYMMETRIC RESPONSE TO CHINA'S REGIONAL STRATEGY -- BEYOND POLICY: AUSTRALIA DEBATES CHINA -- CONCLUSION
What are the ideational, strategic, and political foundations of current Australian policy towards China? Although the strategic and security implication of a rising China in the region is frequently seen as a modern issue, the challenge of how to deal with a 'China growing strong' has preoccupied Australia since the 1950s; while modern approaches date from the 1960s. This paper traces the evolution of Australian security policy, attitudes, strategies, and assumptions behind both Liberal and Labor responses to the 'China security question' as well as the politics driving theme from Prime Minister Robert Menzies through to current Prime Minister John Howard. How have attitudes and responses to the 'China security question' evolved and changed, why did they do so, and how is this relevant to understanding current and future Australian responses to meeting the challenge of China's continued rise today? This paper explores these questions in chronological order, which coincides with the thematic development of the 'China security question' beginning with the Liberal Governments up to 1972, then to the Whitlam Government and the period leading to the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, and finally from the post-Tiananmen period to the present one culminating in Prime Minister John Howard's attempt at 'synthesis' of both Liberal and Labor approaches to the question.
In: Asia policy: a peer-reviewed journal devoted to bridging and gap between academic research and policymaking on issues related to the Asia-Pacific, Band 13, Heft 4, S. 99-122
In: Asia policy: a peer-reviewed journal devoted to bridging the gap between academic research and policymaking on issues related to the Asia-Pacific, Band 13, Heft 4, S. 99-122