Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 The Foreign Policy Scene
- Part 2 Relationships
- Part 3 Issues
- Part 4 Foreign Policy in the Political Process
- 13 Neither Entirely Comfortable nor Wholly Relaxed: Public Opinion, Electoral Politics, and Foreign Policy
- 14 Parliament and Foreign Policy
- 15 After the Flood: Foreign Policy and the Management of Intelligence
- Survey Sources
- References
- Index
13 - Neither Entirely Comfortable nor Wholly Relaxed: Public Opinion, Electoral Politics, and Foreign Policy
from Part 4 - Foreign Policy in the Political Process
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2024
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 The Foreign Policy Scene
- Part 2 Relationships
- Part 3 Issues
- Part 4 Foreign Policy in the Political Process
- 13 Neither Entirely Comfortable nor Wholly Relaxed: Public Opinion, Electoral Politics, and Foreign Policy
- 14 Parliament and Foreign Policy
- 15 After the Flood: Foreign Policy and the Management of Intelligence
- Survey Sources
- References
- Index
Summary
Asylum seekers, the war in Iraq, and the threat of terrorism dominated foreign policy in the first years of the twenty-first century not only in the political arena but also in the polls. Not since the 1980s and the debate about Asian immigrants had questions of immigration loomed so large; not since the Vietnam War had the deployment of Australian troops in a US-led invasion of a distant land proved so divisive; and never before had Australia had to grapple with the threat of international terrorism. Border protection and terrorism figured prominently in the run-up to the 2001 election; security issues and, to a lesser extent, the war in Iraq were factors in the election held in 2004.
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- Australia in World Affairs 2001–2005Trading on Alliance Security, pp. 215 - 260Publisher: Cambridge University PressFirst published in: 2024