Australian Outlook: A History of the Australian Institute of International Affairs

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Author: John D Legge

Number of Pages: 250

In Australian Outlook John Legge has sought to trace the history of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, and, at the same time, to outline the major changes which have taken place in Australian perceptions of the outside world over the sixty-five years of the Institute’s existence. During that time, acceptance of Britain’s imperial leadership has given way to a recognition of separate and distinct Australian interests, to a sense of region and to ideas of engagement with Asia within the framework of the American alliance. After World War II the Cold War gave a general shape to Australia’s relations with East and Southeast Asia. The AIIA played a part in observing, describing and helping to shape these shifting perceptions. At the end of the 1990s, however, the conceptual framework within which Australian policy has developed is undergoing significant change and the book concludes with some speculation about future ways of viewing the international order.