Australia and New Zealand as Asia-Pacific International Actors

... countries of the Asia-Pacific region. The considered turn to the Asia-Pacific Region began to occur gradually from the beginning of the 21 st century and reached the peak of historical interaction since the 2010s. What reasons influenced the turn of Australia and New Zealand to the Asia-Pacific region? Firstly, over the last decade of the 20 th century, the economic situation in the world has seriously changed. Now the main economic growth has concentrated in the Asia-Pacific countries, which has also affected the geostrategic importance ...