2002
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8497.00256
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ANZUS — Alive and Well after Fifty Years

Abstract: Marking its fiftieth anniversary in late 2001, the ANZUS alliance remains Australia’s primary security relationship and one of the United States’ most important defence arrangements in the Asia‐Pacific region. It is argued here that ANZUS has defied many common suppositions advanced by international relations theorists on how alliances work. It thus represents an important refutation of arguments that they are short‐term instruments of mere policy expediency and are largely interest‐dependent. Cultural and nor… Show more

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“…It is also observed that, although equally important are the regional-level partnerships among Asian nations themselves, which are improving amid cultural, political and economic disparity (Karim, 2008 ), Australia has often been positioning its interests relative to Western values and more often supports the Western initiatives (Tow & Albinski, 2002 ). Due to this close relationship, Australia collectively and more often acts with the West in matters related to defence, security, trade and the environment (Abbott & Hosuk, 2017 ; Commonwealth Department of Defence, 2002 ).…”
Section: Australia’s Approach To Engagement With Asian Countriesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is also observed that, although equally important are the regional-level partnerships among Asian nations themselves, which are improving amid cultural, political and economic disparity (Karim, 2008 ), Australia has often been positioning its interests relative to Western values and more often supports the Western initiatives (Tow & Albinski, 2002 ). Due to this close relationship, Australia collectively and more often acts with the West in matters related to defence, security, trade and the environment (Abbott & Hosuk, 2017 ; Commonwealth Department of Defence, 2002 ).…”
Section: Australia’s Approach To Engagement With Asian Countriesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…6. Empirical examples include the ASEAN (Acharya, 2005;Bellamy, 2004;Emmerson, 2005), the Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty (ANZUS) (Tow and Albinski, 2002), Southern Latin America (Derghoukassian, 2005;Flemes, 2005;Oelsner, 2003), the Middle East (Bilgin, 2004), the Mediterranean region (Adler and Crawford, 2002), the ECOWAS (Hammerstad, 2005) and the countries of the SADC (Ngoma, 2003).…”
Section: Conclusion: Security Communities As a Via Media In International Relations Theorymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Both advocates and critics of the Australia‐U.S. alliance agree on its centrality in Australia's Asia policies (see Baker & Paal, ; Beeson, ; Dibb, ; Phillips, ; Tow & Albinski, ).…”
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confidence: 99%