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Title

'Rediscovery', 'reinvigoration' and 'redefinition' in perpetuity: Australian engagement with India 1983-2011

Author(s)

Wood, Sally Percival;  Leach, Michael

Abstract

For the past twenty-five years Australia's bilateral relationship with India has been typified by an ongoing process of 'rediscovery', irrespective of whether Labor or Liberal administrations have steered foreign policy. This article explores the reasons why this might be the case by analysing Australia's foreign policy approaches to India spanning the period 1983 to 2011. It interrogates various Labor and Liberal strategies that have been mobilised to 'reinvigorate' the relationship and searches for reasons why they have only been partially successful in strengthening Australia's rapport with India. The authors draw upon discussions with strategic affairs editors of India's major daily newspapers and current affairs journals to gain insights into Indian impressions of Australia from a political and foreign policy perspective.

Publication type

Journal article

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology

Source

Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 57, no. 4 (Dec 2011), pp. 526-542

Publication year

2011

FOR Code(s)

1606 Political Science;  2103 Historical Studies

Keyword(s)

Australia;  Australian Labor Party;  Foreign policy;  Government;  India;  Liberal Party of Australia;  Politics

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia

ISSN

0004-9522

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8497.2011.01612.x

Copyright

Copyright © 2011 The Authors. Australian Journal of Politics and History copyright © 2011 School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, School of Political Science and International Studies, The University of Queensland and Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.

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