TY - Literature review AU - Richard Tanter PY - 2012 T1 - The "Joint Facilities" revisited: Desmond Ball, democratic debate on security, and the human interest PB - Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability DO - https://doi.org/APO-32365 UR - https://apo.org.au/node/32365 AB - 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. ER -