Australian foreign and defense policy in the wake of the 1999/2000 East Timor intervention /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Peter Chalk.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Santa Monica, CA :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Rand,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv, 88 pages ;
Dimensions
26 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
MR/Rand Corporation ;
Volume Designation
MR-1409-SRF
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-88).
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"In late 1999, Australia undertook its most significant external military operations since the Vietnam War--the intervention to stem the violence and bloodshed following East Timor's August 1999 vote to separate from Indonesia. This book examines key developments leading to the deployment of the International Peacekeeping Force for East Timor (INTERFET) and assesses the impact of this intervention on Canberra's future defense, security, and foreign policy planning. The author finds that future Australian-Indonesian relations are unlikely to exhibit the cordiality of Prime Minister Paul Keating's era, but will instead be guided by a more-businesslike and frank style of engagement. The author also finds that the 2000 Defence White Paper, which was issued in the aftermath of the INTERFET intervention to provide a long-term plan for restructuring Australia's armed forces for rapid deployments to areas of regional unrest, is both ambiguous and open-ended. A defense review like the white paper could result in a resource-deprived force structure, contribute to a somewhat confused Southeast Asian policy, and generate unfounded expectations of what Australia is able and willing to do in terms of its alliance commitments with the United States and associated contributions to coalition warfare."--Rand abstract.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Australian foreign and defense policy in the wake of the 1999/2000 East Timor intervention.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
National Security Research Division
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Diplomatic relations.
Military policy.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Australia, Foreign relations, 1945-
Australia, Foreign relations, Timor-Leste.
Australia, Military policy.
Timor-Leste, Foreign relations, Australia.
Australia.
Timor-Leste.
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
327
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940598
Edition
21
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
UA870
Book number
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C483
2001
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Chalk, Peter.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Rand Corporation., National Security Research Division.