ANZUS - Alive and well after fifty years


Autoria(s): Tow, W; Albinski, H
Contribuinte(s)

Andrew G Bonnell and Ian Ward

Data(s)

01/01/2002

Resumo

Marking its fiftieth anniversary in late 2001, the ANZUS alliance remains Australia's primary security relationship and one of the United States' most important defence arrangements in the Asia-Pacific region. It is argued here that ANZUS has defied many common suppositions advanced by international relations theorists on how alliances work. It thus represents an important refutation of arguments that they are short-term instruments of mere policy expediency and are largely interest-dependent. Cultural and normative factors are powerful, if often underrated, determinants for ANZUS's perpetuation. ANZUS may thus constitute an important test case for expanding our understanding of alliance politics beyond the usual preconditions and prerogatives normally associated with such a relationship.

Identificador

http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:62860

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Blackwell Publishing

Palavras-Chave #Political History #History #Political Science #C1 #360101 Australian Government and Politics #780106 Political science and public policy
Tipo

Journal Article