An Australian World
- History
- Society & Culture · Documentary
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This podcast series is about Australia’s relations with and response to the world from the late 19th Century to the present. It focuses on the historical, cultural, ideological, economic and strategic factors shaping the government’s foreign and defence policies. It looks first at historical themes that still have a bearing on Australia in the contemporary world, then moves on to discuss how Australian politicians and policymakers have reacted to and acted in periods of war and stress, crisis and creativity, hope and delusion. It looks at the role of prime ministers, individual ministers and political parties, the globalising econ...
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Recent episodes
- Comprehensive Engagement with Asia
- New Maturity
- The Great Powers retreat from Asia
- Indonesia’s Confrontation of Malaysia and war in Vietnam
- The rise of Asian nationalism
- Australia and the coming of the Cold War
- Australia’s distinctive interests in a British World
- British Race Patriotism and White Australia
- The world in which Australia finds itself
- Introduction