Discusses the processes, institutions, actors and calculations involved in foreign policy making in Australia. Looks at 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 draws on an extensive survey of how Australian foreign affairs officials think about the world. This fully revised and updated edition includes four new chapters on Australia's security, prosperity, values and its place in the world. It includes two new case studies covering the negotiation of the US-Australia free trade agreement and Australia's regional mission to the Solomon Islands.

Discusses the processes, institutions, actors and calculations involved in foreign policy making in Australia.

About the Author
Allan Gyngell has had a long career in making, advising on and implementing Australian foreign policy. He headed the International Division of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and has been posted to many countries since joining the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1969. He was foreign policy adviser to former Prime Minister Paul Keating from 1993 until 1996. He is Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy. Michael Wesley is a Professor of International Relations and Director of the Griffith Asia Institute, at Griffith University.


Book Information
ISBN 9780521700313
Author Allan Gyngell
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 512g
Dimensions(mm) 230mm * 158mm * 20mm