Australia and the Indian Ocean: Changing Perspectives

Reeves, Peter; McPherson, Kenneth

doi:10.1080/07266472.1988.11449864

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“…The reality, then, that Australia was not going to take decisive actions on Indian Ocean peace initiatives reflected the global security order of things and, consequently, the realisation that the Indian Ocean mattered economically and politically in a new decade of foreign policy shifts towards the Asia-Pacific. 91 By the late 1980s the Hawke government was beginning to shift its attitudes to the Indian Ocean. In 1984, Foreign Affairs minister Bill Hayden acknowledged the lack of attention paid to India, explaining that "it cannot be argued that we have done ourselves or anybody else any good by it."…”

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Militarised Peace and Bilateral Relations in the Indian Ocean: Australia's Relations with Sri Lanka, 1972–1989

Kandasamy

2022

Aus J of Politics History

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This article examines Indian Ocean peace engagements during the late Cold War period and their outcomes for Australia's foreign relations with Sri Lanka. Using archival materials and secondary sources, it explores Australia's growing bilateral relationship with Sri Lanka at a time of heightening tensions in the Indian Ocean. Australia had vocalised support for Indian Ocean peace initiatives such as the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace, which was initially proposed by Sri Lanka at the United Nations. Australia's support failed to materialise for this initiative, however, due to its reluctance to challenge the US defence expansion. What emerged was a militarised peace in the Indian Ocean that strengthened Australia's relations with Sri Lanka, evidenced through trade, aid donations, cultural exchanges, and diplomatic missions. The strengthening bilateral relationship during the 1970s and 1980s reflected Australia's attention to smaller island states in the Indian Ocean, such as Sri Lanka, which became vital for its foreign policy turn to Asia.

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Section: Negotiating Indian Ocean Peace Initiativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Militarised Peace and Bilateral Relations in the Indian Ocean: Australia's Relations with Sri Lanka, 1972–1989

Kandasamy

2022

Aus J of Politics History

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Australia and the Indian Ocean: Changing Perspectives

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Militarised Peace and Bilateral Relations in the Indian Ocean: Australia's Relations with Sri Lanka, 1972–1989

Militarised Peace and Bilateral Relations in the Indian Ocean: Australia's Relations with Sri Lanka, 1972–1989

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