Foreign policy: old alliances, new problems and the retreat of soft power

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Title

From Abbott to Turnbull a new direction?: Australian Commonwealth Administration 2013-2016

Publisher

Echo Books

Place of Publication

West Geelong, Australia

Editor(s)

Aulich, C.

School

School of Arts and Humanities

RAS ID

23089

Comments

Barnes, J., & Baldino, D. (2016). Foreign policy: old alliances, new problems and the retreat of soft power. In C. Aulich (Ed), From Abbott to Turnbull a new direction?: Australian Commonwealth Administration 2013-2016, (pp.173-195). West Geelong, VIC: Echo Books.

Abstract

This chapter will examine the successes and failures in Australian foreign and national security policy under the Abbott and Turnbull governments. Unquestionably, a shift in style and tone was strongly evident between Abbott and Turnbull alongside varying degrees of policy change in topical areas like counter-terrorism, Indonesia and the US alliance. These alterations in direction, re-formulation of interests and fluctuating levels of enthusiasm for different foreign and security issues appeared to be driven by shifts in international circumstances as well as the idiosyncrasies and different philosophies of the men themselves.

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