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ANZUS paper. ANZUS or Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty
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Submitted by zoro1980 on May 31, 2007
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ANZUS or Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty was signed in 1951 due to the security relationship between Australia and the United States, which traced back to the most critical stage of World War 2 (Edwards & Tow, 2001). There is no single definition of what constitutes a middle power. I believe that middle power is a term used in the field of international relations to describe states that are not superpowers or great powers, but still have some influence internationally. Canada and more importantly Australia are among those countries considered to be middle powers. The aim of this paper is the answer the following question: in what way, if any is Australia's anti-terrorism strategy shaped by its commitment to the ANZUS alliance, constructive management with Asia, and the perception that Australia is a middle power'.
In the Asia-Pacific region, the Australia-United States relationship is clearly the closest. This partnership can be described as a "special relationship" which is similar to the relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States. ANZUS is a treaty that makes that relationship even stronger than it otherwise would be. According to Edwards and Tow (2001) "ANZUS has become the framework within which Australian-American bilateral security relations have been expanded and strengthened. Defence collaboration, in particular has expended in recent years and includes substantial cooperation in intelligence gathering". This has most certainly been the case with the Australian-American relationship since the terrorist attack in New York on September 11, 2001. As we all know, as soon as the United States have asked for Australia's help in the fight against terrorism, our government did not hesitate at all, and were one of only three US allies to send their forces into Afghanistan and Iraq. After the Bali bombing, the Australian government was certain that Australia is under a threat from a transnational terrorist...
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