Australia in international politics
Subtitle: an introduction to Australian foreign policy
By: Stewart Firth
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Crows Nest, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781742372631
Subjects: Economic policy; Politics and government; International Security; Foreign relations
Description: The world changed for Australia after the terrorist attacks on the USA on September 11, 2001 and the Bali bombings of 2002. Security became the dominant theme of Australian foreign policy. More than a decade later Australia has 1,550 troops in Afghanistan to counter the terrorist threat of the Taliban.
Notes: Previous ed.: St Leonards, N.S.W. : 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.