Australia and France's mutual empowerment : middle powers' strategies for Pacific and global challenges / Paul Soyez.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Soyez, Paul (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Series:Studies in diplomacy and international relations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction; Setting the Scene: The Role of History and Geography; French Diplomacy: What Future for France as a Global Middle Power?; A More Independent Australian Foreign Policy?; South Pacific, Oceania, Indo-Pacific and Outre-Mer: What Geographic Level for Which Interest?; Overview of the Book; References; Chapter 2 Methodological and Theoretical Frameworks; Theoretical Framework and Contributions to Ideas; Theorizing the Renewal of Power Relations Through a Constructivist Lens; Reconciling Political Science and History.
  • Methodology and Presentation of the SourcesArchives Analysis; Expert Interviews; Filling a Gap in the Research on the French-Australian Bilateral Relationship; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Economic Diplomacy, an Innovative Force of the French-Australian Relationship; The Economy: The Original Drive for the French-Australian Relationship; Economic Actors, Primary Stakeholders of the Improvement of the French-Australian Partnership; Reforming Australian Economic Diplomacy for More Efficient Public Institutions; An Economic Diplomacy à la française?
  • Has Australia Been a Model for France in the Creation of Its Economic Diplomacy?The Intensification of Trade Between France and Australia; A Traditionally Uneven French-Australian Trade; Overcoming Impediments to French-Australian Trade Relations; French-Australian Cross-Investment Bilateral Policies: Making Investment Easier to Support Economic Growth; Increasing Mutual Foreign Investments; Driving Forces and Obstacles to French-Australian Cross-Investments; Australia, an Inefficient Springboard for French Investment in Asia.
  • Overcoming Multilateral Economic Tensions Pertaining to Agricultural ProtectionismThe Conflicting Trade Leadership of France and Australia: The Common Agricultural Policy Against the Cairns Group; The Settlement of the Conflict; French-Australian Trade Relations and the Future EU-Australia Free-Trade Agreement; Australia's Strong Support for FTAs; What Does France Intend to Achieve with an EU-Australia FTA?; A Resurgence of Tensions Between France and Australia About Agricultural Trade?; Conclusion; References.
  • Chapter 4 Threatening Australia's Backyard? French-Australian Tensions on Nuclear Policies and Their ResolutionCanberra's Multilateral Actions Against Nuclear Proliferation; Australia's Activity at the IAEA Against Nuclear Proliferation; Australian Diplomacy Against Nuclear Proliferation at the UN; Australia's Ambiguity Regarding a Provision of the Rarotonga Treaty; Australian Opposition to France's Nuclear Testing Program; France's Nuclear Arsenal; Three Important Steps in Australian-French Antagonism; France's Strategy to Legitimise Its Nuclear Testing Program.