%T The "Joint Facilities" revisited: Desmond Ball, democratic debate on security, and the human interest %A Richard Tanter %I Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability %D 2012 %K International relations, %K Defence %U https://apo.org.au/node/32365 %X Richard Tanter examines Ball’s writings on these facilities, setting them in the wider context of Ball’s work on nuclear targeting, the transnational UKUSA intelligence and security community, and the possibilities and limits of self reliance in Australian defence. Reviewing developments in US-Australian “joint facilities” in Australia in the past decade, the paper examines the asymmetrical alliance cooperation involved in the technological, organisational and doctrinal integration of Australian defence forces with those of the United States. %9 Literature review