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Australian and Canadian Policy towards Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia in the New World Order

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Abstract

In the two and a half decades after the formation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 1967, Australian and Canadian attitudes and policies towards the Southeast Asian region underwent a considerable transformation. From a policy of relative detachment from the region, both of these middle powers moved to dramatically increase their engagement in Southeast Asia, both politically and economically, matching in particular the evolving political economy of the region. Trade, investment, and development assistance all increased from the early 1970s to the mid-1990s, often at an accelerating rate. Diplomatic interest and involvement likewise showed a rapid rise over this period, with both the governments in Canberra and Ottawa moving to formalize their ties with the ASEAN community. In short, the portrait of Australian and Canadian links with Southeast Asia over the 1970s and 1980s is one of rapid, and indeed at times frenetic, growth.

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  1. Kim Richard Nossal
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan

    David Wurfel (Professor of International Relations, Senior Research Associate) (Professor of International Relations, Senior Research Associate)

  2. Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies, York University and University of Toronto, Canada

    David Wurfel (Professor of International Relations, Senior Research Associate) (Professor of International Relations, Senior Research Associate)

  3. University of Windsor, Canada

    Bruce Burton (Associate Professor of Political Science) (Associate Professor of Political Science)

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© 1996 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Nossal, K.R. (1996). Australian and Canadian Policy towards Southeast Asia. In: Wurfel, D., Burton, B. (eds) Southeast Asia in the New World Order. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24673-1_10

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