Question one Should Australia be more independent of the United States? Critically analyse, providing examples to support your answer. What would independence look like? Are there limits to independence (especially in a realist world?) Realist, liberal and constructivist perspectives on the Australia-US relationship Not just the bilateral relationship, but how it is manifested regionally and globally Question two The rise of China poses a security threat to Australia. Do you agree? Critically analyses, providing examples to support your answer. • What kind of security threat? (Requires some finesse/nuance, since policymakers promote the economic relationship) • Military threats, regional order and institutions, Australia’s identity Again, think beyond the bilateral relationship to regional and global contexts (e.g. South Pacific Question three How significantly has Australia’s ambivalence towards Indonesia changed since the fall of Suharto? – The tensions in Australian foreign policy (geography versus history, human rights / self-determination versus orderly interstate relations, realism versus orderly interstate relations) Realist, liberal (democratic peace theory) and constructivist perspectives of Australia-Indonesia relations – which one is the most compelling? Question four How has the threat of transnational terrorism shaped Australia’s foreign and security policies? Do you think Australia has effectively responded to the threat of terrorism? – Militarization of foreign policy (asylum-seekers, growth of Defense and intelligence agencies, national security as an ordering principle) – National Security Strategy (January 2013) – http://apo.org.au/files/Resource/dpmc_nationalsecuritystrategy_jan2013.pdf – Regional versus global priorities – Internal and external boundaries (home-grown terrorism) Question six Engaging with Asia has been an important part of both Liberal and Labor foreign policies. Why is engaging with Asia considered so important and what has been the most effective strategy in achieving Australia’s foreign policy goals in Asia? – Not just particular Asian countries, but also Asia as a whole and how we should think of ourselves – Economics, military, identity, citizenship, people-to-people links, migration Possible strategies: Middle power diplomacy, bilateralism
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Question one
Should Australia be more independent of the United States? Critically analyse, providing examples to support your answer.
What would independence look like? Are there limits to independence (especially in a realist world?)
Realist, liberal and constructivist perspectives on the Australia-US relationship
Not just the bilateral relationship, but how it is manifested regionally and globally

Question two
The rise of China poses a security threat to Australia. Do you agree? Critically analyses, providing examples to support your answer.
• What kind of security threat? (Requires some finesse/nuance, since policymakers promote the economic relationship)
• Military threats, regional order and institutions, Australia’s identity
Again, think beyond the bilateral relationship to regional and global contexts (e.g. South Pacific
Question three
How significantly has Australia’s ambivalence towards Indonesia changed since the fall of Suharto?
– The tensions in Australian foreign policy (geography versus history, human rights / self-determination versus orderly interstate relations, realism versus orderly interstate relations)
Realist, liberal (democratic peace theory) and constructivist perspectives of Australia-Indonesia relations – which one is the most compelling?
Question four
How has the threat of transnational terrorism shaped Australia’s foreign and security policies? Do you think Australia has effectively responded to the threat of terrorism?
– Militarization of foreign policy (asylum-seekers, growth of Defense and intelligence agencies, national security as an ordering principle)
– National Security Strategy (January 2013) – http://apo.org.au/files/Resource/dpmc_nationalsecuritystrategy_jan2013.pdf
– Regional versus global priorities
– Internal and external boundaries (home-grown terrorism)
Question six
Engaging with Asia has been an important part of both Liberal and Labor foreign policies. Why is engaging with Asia considered so important and what has been the most effective strategy in achieving Australia’s foreign policy goals in Asia?
– Not just particular Asian countries, but also Asia as a whole and how we should think of ourselves
– Economics, military, identity, citizenship, people-to-people links, migration
Possible strategies: Middle power diplomacy, bilateralism
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