There Goes the Neighbourhood: Australia and the rise of Asia
By (Author) Michael Wesley
NewSouth Publishing
NewSouth Publishing
1st May 2011
Australia
General
Non Fiction
320.00
Paperback
224
Width 153mm, Height 234mm
For the first time in history, Australia will be uncomfortably close to the designs and demarches of competing great powers. In the years ahead, we will no longer be too small to make a difference. In his book, Wesley points to the key economic and political issues that we need to be considering right now, as a western country geographically and economically tied to Asia, and urgently calls for a renewed public engagement and debate.
"This book is shock therapy. It strikes at Australia's dull complacency before the challenges from a bigger, more dynamic Asia." - Paul Kelly
Michael Wesley is the executive director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy. He is a former editor of the Australian Journal of International Affairs and a former international relations professor and director of the Griffith Asia Institute at Griffith University.