The Australia-ASEAN dialogue
Subtitle: tracing 40 years of partnership
By: edited by Sally Percival Wood and Baogang He
Series: Asia today
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781137449139
Subjects: Foreign relations; Foreign economic relations; National security; Regionalism; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Leadership; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Trade & Tariffs; ASEAN
Description: "This book illustrates the extent of the Australia-ASEAN Dialogue Partnership since its inception in 1974. It examines the networks of engagement that have shaped relations across three areas: regionalism, non-traditional security, and economic engagement. An understanding of the nature of the Australia-ASEAN partnership is often overshadowed by occasional shocks that test the relationship, such as people smuggling or terrorism, but beneath the surface of these extremes are deep and steady currents of partnership and cooperation that have flowed over four decades. This volume does not seek to merely commemorate or celebrate 40 years of Australia-ASEAN Dialogue Partnership; it is intended to establish a more sophisticated and balanced understanding around which we can accurately identify the Australia-ASEAN dynamic - historically, culturally and theoretically. The volume not only maps where we have been but also where the Australia-ASEAN partnership might be headed as Southeast Asian economic dynamism and strategic influence expand"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Foreword; The Hon Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs Introduction; Sally Percival Wood and Baogang He AUSTRALIA IN ASIAN REGIONALISM 1. Australia and ASEAN: A Marriage of Convenience?; Sally Percival Wood 2. Hobnobbing with Giants: Australia's Approaches to Asian Regionalism; See Seng Tan 3. The East Asia Summit: Navigating ASEAN Multilateralism; Avery Poole NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES 4. Timor-Leste: From INTERFET to ASEAN; Michael Leach and Sally Percival Wood 5. Australia-ASEAN's Counter-Terrorism Cooperation: A Paradigm Shift or Business as Usual?; Math Noortmann 6. Australia, ASEAN, and Forced Migration in Asia; Amy Nethery ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS - OLD AND NEW7. Australia's Economic Relations with ASEAN: Learning to Deal with the Evolving Organization; Jiro Okamoto 8. Richer Relations? Four Decades of ASEAN-Australia Relations in Higher Education; Anthony Welch 9. Making a Sale versus Making it Safe: Prospects for ASEAN-Australia Nuclear Energy Cooperation; Sofiah Jamil and Lina Gong 10. The Australia-ASEAN AgriFood Opportunity; Claudine Ogilvie 11. Islamic Banking and Finance in Southeast Asia: Can Australia Find a Niche?; Imran Lum Afterword; Anthony Milner.