Strategic choices - Australia, China and the US in Asia

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20 August 2010Foreign policy has played virtually no role in Australia’s race to the polls on 21 August, beyond the domestic hot button issues of asylum seekers and immigration, writes Geoffrey Garrett, CEO of the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. But whoever wins government this month will face important strategic choices in positioning Australia for the Asia-Pacific Century, beginning with our key relationships with China and the US. He says China's insatiable appetite for raw materials offers the prospect of a decades-long mineral boom for Australia, but economic engagement must be coupled with political and security wariness - and a strengthening of the Australia-US alliance.

Publication typeReport
Publisher TypeAcademic research centre, APO Member
CoverageAustralia, Asia and the Pacific, North America
Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/22406
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