Continental Drift: Australia's Search for a Regional Identity
ISBN: 9781315191959
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
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Subjects: Area Studies; Politics & International Relations; Asian Politics; International Relations; Foreign Policy;

This title was first published in 2003. Original, insightful and well-organized, Rawdon Dalrymple studies Australia's sense of vulnerability and attachment to distant protectors which has coexisted with tendencies of both assertiveness and complacency. Penetrating and authoritative the book examines the cautious development of Australian relations with East Asia during the 1980s and 1990s, with detailed coverage of the background to the Australian effort and critical analysis of where Australian forays into the politics of the region leave its standing in East Asia and the world today.

During a distinguished career in the Australian foreign service, Rawdon Dalrymple was on the Board of the Asian Development Bank, Minister in the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Australian Ambassador to Israel, Indonesia, the United States and Japan and Deputy Secretary in the Department of Foreign Affairs. After retirement in 1994 he worked with Australian and international companies doing business in Asia and since 1997 he has taught at the University of Sydney where he has been a Visiting Professor. He has written extensively on international relations and has a monthly column in a major Japanese newspaper.

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