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Australian Defence policy and the possibility of war / White, Hugh

July 2002

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Publication	July 2002.
Description	253-264
Summary/Abstract	The Defence White Paper of December 2000 declares that the main task of the ADF is to maintain the capability to defend Australian territory from any credible attack without relying on the combat forces of any other country. Australia is unusual among contemporary Western states in affirming such a policy. Most other states are reordering their priorities to put less emphasis on conventional conflict and more on tasks such as peacekeeping and border protection, while assuming that in the event of major conventional conflicts they are likely to be involved as subsidiary members of a coalition led in most cases by the United States. Should Australia follow this trend? The article reviews this question in the light of a number of scenarios for the use of Australia's armed forces in the period ahead, and concludes that the arguments for change are not persuasive.

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Defence Policy-Australia ; Australia-Defence Policy

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ID: 086365

Defence policy in the Asian century: Hugh White provides some reflections from the West Island on New Zealand new defence white paper / White, Hugh

White, Hugh	Journal Article
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Publication	2009.
Summary/Abstract	Back in 2000,almost ten years ago now, New Zealand and Australia each took a hard look at their respective defence policies, and made some important changes.Now,on both sides of the Tasman we are dong it again, as new governments in Wellington and Canberra fulfil election promises to produce new defence white paper.

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Australia ; New Zealand ; Wellington ; Defency Policy ; Asian Century ; West Land

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ID: 171551

Facing an uncertain future / White, Hugh

White, Hugh	Journal Article
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Hugh White discusses the choices Australia faces in defence provision and what they mean for New Zealand.

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Defence Policy ; Australia ; Maritime ; United States ; Nuclear Threats ; New Zealand ;
Asian Power ; Power Projection

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ID: 066712

Limits to optimism: Australia and the rise of China / White, Hugh

2005

White, Hugh	Journal Article
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2005.

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Australia ; China-International Relations-Australia ; China

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ID: 075035

Lombok pact's empty promise / White, Hugh

White, Hugh	Journal Article
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Publication	2006.
Summary/Abstract	Hugh White, visiting fellow at the Lowy Institute and professor at Australian National University in Canberra, examines the recently signed security pact between Indonesia and Australia and discovers only hollow promises.

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Australia ; Security Relations ; Indonesia

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ID: 171548

Thinking the unthinkable / White, Hugh

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Hugh White suggests that the rise of China is fundamentally changing the strategic outlook in the western Pacific and undermining assumptions that have underpinned Australian defence thinking.

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Defence Policy ; Australia ; Power Politics ; China ; America ; New Zealand ;
Economic Relationship ; Western Pacific

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