AUSTRALIAN NEXUS

ISBN: 9780739181546 Géneros: JP:JPS Sinópsis: In 2018 Australia finds itself at the center of a geopolitical storm within the IndoPacific region With the meteoric rise of China and the perceived decline of US influence and power in East Asia Australia is faced with some rather difficult and uncomfortable questions concerning its economic future and its national security Historically Australia has always had a major power as its key ally especially in terms of its national security In 1901 Australia became a selfgoverning nation However Great Britain continued to protect Australia from potential external enemies because Australia remained an important and valued commonwealth nation within the British empire However at the beginning of the Pacific War during WWII Australia reached out to America after the British colony Singapore collapsed in the face of the oncoming and powerful Japanese imperial military forces in February 1942 With the empire of Japan marching southward in the Pacific region Australian prime minister John Curtin anxiously requested in lateDecember 1941 that America come save the nation from being invaded by the Japanese imperial army and naval forces Due to its own strategic needs against Japan the US agreed to send its military forces to Australia Thus began a geostrategic relationship that has lasted for seventyfive years Hence Australia has remained one of America39s most reliable allies throughout the postWWII era But at the end of the second decade of the 21st century the geostrategic dynamics of the IndoPacific have changed dramatically China39s unprecedented rise to power economically militarily and diplomaticallyhas forced Australia to reevaluate its policies and position within the East Asian hemisphere And to further complicate Australia39s current predicament America itself is experiencing a major political upheaval with the stunning election of Donald Trump as its new president in 2016 Henceforth Australia increasingly