Thirty years ago, the Soviet Union and the United States stood on the brink of nuclear war. The Communist Party leadership in Moscow was convinced that Washington was about to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike, which would require a massive nuclear response.

This paper examines the principal policy issues, both military and non-military, surrounding the decisions to be made about Australia's future submarine capability. {C} The paper starts with a description of Australia's strategic outlook and its implications for our future force structure and then turns to the key defence, political and economic considerations involved. Professor Dibb...

In this paper, Professor Paul Dibb of Australian National University (ANU) examines the pros and cons of Australia's close alliance with the United States and its impact on our Asian relations.