Australia as a Middle Range Power: the Military-Political Dimension
... security activities. The Defense Issues Paper explains the need for the new defense strategy by the swift transformation of the Asia-Pacific region. The government is ready to raise military spending to two percent of GDP in as little as three years, finally ... ... Middle East (Accordion, Manitou) and in Afghanistan (Slipper). Struggling for the Southernmost Place in the World Australia's Antarctic policy is clearly very important for the entire region. Canberra prefers to overlook the issue in its defense policy ...
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