Australian foreign policy in the twentieth century: the problem of having special friends

For the first time in its history Australia is in an interesting place at an interesting time, argues David Martin Jones, as the current ideology driving US foreign policy comes into conflict with developing Chinese reality, which is projecting its soft but essentially illiberal power into the wider region. This, he argues, has profound strategic consequences for the US, Australia and South East Asia, especially as the traditions and myths that shape Australian foreign policy are not designed to address such a dilemma.