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Australia in the US Empire

By Erik Paul

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2018
ISBN
978-3-319-76910-3, 978-3-319-76911-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2156402 bytes)
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
IX, 222\225
Time added
2018-08-15 07:07:45
Political Science and International Relations; Int

Description

This book argues that Australia is vital to the US imperial project for global hegemony in the struggle among great powers, and why Australia’s deep dependency on the US is incompatible with democracy and the security of the country. The Australian continent is increasingly a contestable geopolitical asset for the US grand strategy and for China’s economic and political expansionism. The election of Donald Trump to the US presidency is symptomatic of the US hegemonic crisis. The US is Australia’s dangerous ally and the US crisis is a call for Australia to regain sovereignty and sever its military alliance with the US. Political realism provides a critical paradigm to analyse the interactions between capitalism, imperialism and militarism as they undermine Australian democracy and shift governmentality towards new forms of authoritarianism. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Geopolitics (Erik Paul)....Pages 1-20 Globalisation (Erik Paul)....Pages 21-67 War (Erik Paul)....Pages 69-109 Garrison (Erik Paul)....Pages 111-157 Realism (Erik Paul)....Pages 159-202 Capitalism (Erik Paul)....Pages 203-213 Back Matter ....Pages 215-222

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