Accommodation, realignment, or business as usual? Australia's response to a rising China

Pacific Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-44

  Manicom, James ^a   O'Neil, Andrew ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Engagement; Great powers; Realignment; Secondary powers

Indexed keywords

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS; ELECTION; EXPORT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; POLITICAL POWER;

AUSTRALIA; CHINA; INDIA; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949542868     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512740903398322     Document Type: Article

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