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Australian Foreign Policy in Asia

Middle Power or Awkward Partner?

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Allan Patience

    1. School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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  • Reconceptualises Australia's 'middle power' status
  • Discusses the history of the 'middle power' concept
  • Proposes a future for Australia's relations with the Asia-Pacific

Part of the book series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific (CSAP)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Liminal Australia in Asia

    • Allan Patience
    Pages 1-16

  3. Middle Powers and Awkward Partners

    • Allan Patience
    Pages 17-50

  4. Australia’s Middle Power Imagining

    • Allan Patience
    Pages 51-88

  5. To Be or Not to Be in Asia?

    • Allan Patience
    Pages 89-136

  6. Japan: ‘Australia’s Best Friend in Asia’?

    • Allan Patience
    Pages 137-181

  7. ‘Fear and Greed’? Australia Relations with China

    • Allan Patience
    Pages 183-213

  8. To Appease or Offend? Australia’s Indonesia Dilemma

    • Allan Patience
    Pages 215-232

  9. Dependent Middle Power or Global Citizen?

    • Allan Patience
    Pages 233-255

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 257-322
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About this book

This book sets out to discuss what kind of ‘middle power’ Australia is, and whether its identity as a middle power negatively influences its relationship with Asia. It looks at the history of the middle power concept, develops three concepts of middle power status and examines Australia’s relationships with China, Japan and Indonesia as a focus. It argues that Australia is an ‘awkward partner’ in its relations with Asia due to both its historical colonial and discriminatory past, as well its current dependence upon the United States for a security alliance. It argues this should be changed by adopting a new middle power concept in Australian foreign policy.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Allan Patience

About the author

Allan Patience is a Principal Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has held chairs in political science and Asian studies in Australia and Japan and visiting academic appointments in China, Taiwan, Burma, and Papua New Guinea.

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