Australia is indeed the 'lucky country': future global political security and economic prosperity will be defined by events in Asia and Australia is well positioned to take advantage of this reality. Do you agree?
This is a political essay - and there are a list of references that could be used but more are needed (at least 3-4) and page numbers need to be included. Any help with pointing me in the right direction would be great.
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Assessing Australia's foreign relations
Assignment topics: In approximately 2,000 words, answer ONE of the following:
a. Prepare a memo for the foreign minister in which you indentify and explain the importance of the five priority issues in Australia's foreign relations. Suggest briefly how they might be addressed successfully.
b. Australia is indeed the ‘lucky country:' future global political security and economic prosperity will be defined by events in Asia and Australia is well positioned to take advantage of this reality. Do you agree?
READINGS AND REFERENCES
-Gyngell, Allan,' Emerging Challenges for Australian Foreign Policy,' Australian Journal of International Affairs, 68:4,August 2014, pp. 47-64
-Trood, Russell, The Emerging Global Order, Part IV, Conclusions
-Ungerer, Carl, ‘Diplomatic Pathways and Potholes: Future directions in Australian foreign policy', in Ungerer ed. Australian Foreign Policy in the Age of Terror, Ch.11
-Dobell, Graeme Australia Finds Home in the 21st Century, Ch.11
-Wesley, Michael, ‘Insular Nation' in There Goes the Neighbourhood, Ch. 5
-Slaughter, Anne-Marie, ‘Problems will be global- and solutions will be too,'
Foreign Policy, September/October 2011, p. 89
-Downer, Alexander, Speech to the National Press Club, May 2002,
-Goldsworthy, David, "An overview," in Cotton and Ravenhill, eds. The National Interest in a Global Era, Ch. 2
-Milner, Anthony, "What is Left of Engagement with Asia," Australian Journal of International Affairs, 54:2, pp. 177-84
-Wesley, Michael, Perspectives on Australian foreign policy, 2001, Australian Journal of International Affairs, 56:1, pp. 47-64
-Downer, Alexander, "Australian foreign policy - a Liberal Perspective", Australian Journal of International Affairs, 55:3, pp.337-42
-Gurry, Meg, Perspectives on Australian foreign policy, 2000, Australian Journal of International Affairs, 55:1, pp. 7-20.
-Kevin, Tony, "Australian foreign policy at the Crossroads," Australian Journal of International Affairs, Lyon Rod and David Dellit, "Ballistic Missile Defence, an Australian Perspective," Australian Journal of International Affairs, 55:3, pp.445-52
-Bell, Coral, ‘Australia's Adaptation to the International Context: Four Decades of Second Thoughts', in Coral Bell, ed., Forty Years on.. Studies of World Change in the Four Decades after 1945, Canberra Studies in World Affairs No. 18, Department of International Relations, ANU, 1985, pp. 195-203.
-Dibb, Paul, World Political and Strategic Trends: Their Relevance to Australia, in Paul Dibb, ed., Australia's External Relations in the 1980s, Croom Helm, 1983, Chapter 2.
-Evans and Grant, Australia's Foreign Relations, Chapter 19
-Grant, Bruce, The Australian Dilemma, Macdonald Futura, 1983, Chapter 12.
-Kevin, Tony " Australian foreign policy at the Crossroads," Australian Journal of International, 56:1, pp.31-38.
-Mackerras, Colin, 3rd ed., Eastern Asia: An Introductory History, Chapter 43.
-Milner, Anthony, ‘The Rhetoric of Asia,' in Seeking Asian Engagement, Cotton and Ravenhill, eds, Chapter 3.
-Rowland, John, ‘Some Reflections on Australian Foreign Policy', paper delivered to Department of Political Science Seminar, ANU, 20 July 1984.
-Sheridan, G., ‘Australia's Asian Odyssey', in Living With Dragons, Chapter 1.
2000 words
14 references.