166-035 Australian Foreign Relations

Formerly available as 166-243/343. Students who have completed 166-243 or 166-343 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Usually 25 points of first-year politics or admission to the Bachelor of Public Policy and Management.

This subject forms an introduction to Australian foreign relations, with reference to both global and regional issues affecting Australia. Topics will normally include the domestic politics of Australian foreign relations; Australia and the Western world (US, UK, Europe); Australia and the Asia-Pacific (including relations with key countries such as Japan, China and Indonesia, and selected issues such as refugees and human rights); and Australia and the South Pacific. Students should gain a better understanding of the way in which Australia's place in the world has changed in recent times. Students who complete this subject should have an understanding of the domestic and international context of Australian foreign relations and of the implications of a range of global and regional issues for Australia.

Essay and examination work totalling 4000 words.

• D McDougall, Australian Foreign Relations: Contemporary Perspectives. Addison Wesley Longman, 1998.