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foreign policy
Title: foreign policy
Category: History
Details: Words: 200 | Pages: 0.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
foreign policy
Australian Foreign Policy
Topic 2
“Australia was a good friend to the Indonesian independence movement in the years after World War 2, but Australia stood silently by as Dutch New Guinea was given to Indonesia. Again, Australia stood on the sidelines when Indonesian soldiers killed Australian journalists in Balibo, invaded East Timor and annexed the territory in 1975”. [Review, November, 1995]
Australia’s indecisiveness in matters of foreign policy has significantly affected the make up of the regions political …showed first 75 words of 200 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 200 total…movement seeking self-determination from the colonial Dutch government. Indonesia had been in a state of hostility and fear for decades. The few enraged independence rebels, regular feeble attempts at revolution were put down harshly and without question by the Dutch Colonial Forces. Australia’s political arrogance in providing illicit support for the rebels, yet having a head in the sand attitude to subsequent results of their actions contributed immensely to the Indonesia problems of today.
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