INTERNATIONAL economic relations, ECONOMIC policy, INTERNATIONAL relations, INTERNATIONAL trade
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This paper provides a critical overview of Australian, Chinese, and American perspectives on trilateralism, with a detailed discussion of Australian debates on the matter. Its aim is to trace the evolution of the changing discourse on the rise of China, examine major debates in Australia, and provide both an intellectual background and an overview for this special issue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
INTERNATIONAL economic relations, ECONOMIC policy, INTERNATIONAL relations, INTERNATIONAL trade
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Ongoing reassessments in U.S. strategy in the Asia-Pacific have coincided with a major growth in Sino-Australian economic relations. The Australian-American alliance could be increasingly tested if U.S. policy planners are unsuccessful in generating more sensitive and proactive alliance security postures to ensure Australian support for key U.S. interests in the Asia-Pacific. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
INTERNATIONAL relations, INTERNATIONAL economic relations, ECONOMIC policy
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In responding to China's rise, the best strategy for Australia involves a combination of accommodation and "soft balancing.'' The viability of this strategy is related to the extent to which U.S.-China relations are cooperative or conflictual. Recent Australian governments have been successful in implementing this preferred strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ENERGY policy, ECONOMIC policy, ENERGY consumption, ENERGY conservation, ENERGY development, ENERGY economics, INTERNATIONAL relations, POLITICAL development, POLITICAL science
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South Asia's future energy consumption will be driven by continuing economic growth and demographic trends. The likely inability of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh to meet burgeoning energy demands poses a threat to their energy security. U.S. policy in Asia constrains the ability of South Asian countries to enhance their energy security, either indigenously or through imports. This may have unintended consequences for U.S. strategic interests in South Asia in particular, and in Asia in general. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
INTERNATIONAL economic relations, ECONOMIC policy, MACROECONOMICS, INTERNATIONAL relations, INTERNATIONAL trade, INTERNATIONALISM, COMMERCE
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Washington has two long-term interests toward China: promoting a profitable, equitable economic relationship and managing Beijing's challenge to the U.S.-led international order. Although recent policy has achieved many tactical successes in these areas, the predominant record is one of broader strategic failure in the face of the rise of China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]