The other special relationship
Subtitle: the United States and Australia at the start of the 21st century
By: edited by Jeffrey D. McCausland, ... [et al.].
Contributors: McCausland, Jeffrey D.; Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Carlisle, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781584872764
Subjects: United States -- Foreign relations -- Australia; Australia -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Military relations -- Australia; Australia -- Military relations -- United States
Description: This volume summarizes the major findings of the conference participants over the last year. Beyond the thematic resemblance between this volume and the previous study of U.S.-UK relations, another similarity is the importance of two events in determining London and Canberra's relations with Washington. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11) represent the first turning point. The British and Australian governments reacted similarly to these attacks -- immediately identifying 9/11 as a transformative moment in international relations. But the Australian Prime Minister's presence in Washington, DC, during the 9/11 terrorist attacks intensified the personal impact of the events, and within a few days his government had invoked the ANZUS Treaty to offer its full support to the United States. The second "big event" dominating both U.S.-UK relations and U.S.-Australia relations has been America's management of the Global War on Terror and, in particular, its leadership of the ongoing operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Notes: "February 2007."

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Table of contents: title: The future of U.S.-Australia relations and the curse of George Harrison / John C. Hulsman; title: The Australian-American alliance: towards a revitalization / Paul Kelly; title: The alliance and the Asia-Pacific Region: an American perspective / Andrew Scobell; title: The alliance and the Asia-Pacific Region: an Australian perspective / Robert Ayson; title: The relationship's political aspects: an American perspective / John Higley; title: Australian public opinion and the Australia-U.S. alliance / Brendon O'Connor; title: The United States and Australia: competing economic perspectives / Leif Rosenberger; title: Economic and business aspects: an Australian perspective / Don Russell; title: The United States, Australia, and the search for order in East Asia and beyond / James J. Przystup; title: Security and defense aspects of the special relationship: an Australian perspective / Michael Evans; title: The future of the U.S.-Australian alliance: adapting to new challenges? / James A. Schear.