Making Australian Foreign Policy

In a tense and dangerous international environment, this book looks at the important question of how Australia deals with the outside world. It describes 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 discusses the processes, institutions, actors and calculations involved in foreign policy making in Australia, and how these have changed under the impact of globalisation. It draws on an extensive survey - the first ever - of how Australian foreign affairs officials think about the world, includes case studies of four recent Australian foreign policy initiatives, and concludes by speculating on the challenges ahead for Australian foreign policy making.

ISBN 0521832349   Pages 300 ISBN13 9780521832342 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Weight (grammes) 557 Imprint Cambridge University Press   Published in Cambridge Format Hardback   Height (mm) 228 Publication date 27 Jun 2003   Width (mm) 152 Library of Congress JZ1990 .G96 2003   Spine width (mm) 24 DEWEY 327.94   Academic level Professional / Scholarly, Tertiary education DEWEY edition DC21

		Preface
1		Introduction		1
2		Conceiving Foreign Policy		17
3		The Policy Process		39
4		The Foreign Policy Bureaucracy		58
		Case Study: The Cambodia Peace Settlement		88
5		The Executive		96
		Case Study: Developing Regional Architecture. The APEC Leaders' Meetings		114
6		The Overseas Network		121
7		The Australian Intelligence Community		133
		Case Study: The Bali Bombings: Foreign Policy Comes Home		161
8		The Domestic Landscape		171
9		The International Policy Landscape		206
10		Conclusion: The End of Foreign Policy?		235
		Appendix		260
		Glossary		278
		Index		282

'This is the first book of its kind on the making and makers of Australia's foreign policy. It is a book that will be valuable to students of diplomacy and to the general reader interested in our International Relations.' Michelle Grattan 'This work is a refreshing addition to the literature on Australian foreign policy. The book is welcomingly frank at times ... this work is a welcome addition to the literature and it will be a valuable teaching tool.' Lawasia

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