ANZUS - Alive and well after fifty years

William Tow, Henry Albinski

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    Abstract

    Marking its fiftieth anniversary in late 2001, the ANZUS alliance remains Australia's primary security relationship and one of the United States' most important defence arrangements in the Asia-Pacific region. It is argued here that ANZUS has defied many common suppositions advanced by international relations theorists on how alliances work. It thus represents an important refutation of arguments that they are short-term instruments of mere policy expediency and are largely interest-dependent. Cultural and normative factors are powerful, if often underrated, determinants for ANZUS's perpetuation. ANZUS may thus constitute an important test case for expanding our understanding of alliance politics beyond the usual preconditions and prerogatives normally associated with such a relationship
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)153-173
    JournalAustralian Journal of Politics and History
    Volume48
    Issue number2
    Publication statusPublished - 2002

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