This unit provides students with an opportunity to consider the evolving character of Australia's external relations from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. The initial focus is closely integrated with investigations of how Australia's traditional bonds with Britain and the US were influenced by Australia's insecurities about Asia. The unit will trace how these traditional fears and bonds have altered as Australia engaged more with Asia in response to the growth of regional trading blocs and a globalizing world economy. Australia's identity as a small nation state engaged in a post-colonial and rapidly changing world environment. -- Course Website
Instructor: Agnieszka Sobocinska
