Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Military - Australia/United States Alliance

1. Stephen Smith is the Minister of Defence for Australia and he is in charge of the Department of Defence and the Australian Defence Force.

2. The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organisation based in Washington D.C.  Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and global economy and development.

3. The alliance plays a major role in Australia's strategic and security arrangements because we have the support of the United States in every major conflict and we are in a very strategic position on the globe.

4. The location of Australia is very important in the alliance because we are the only major US ally in the South Pacific/South East Asia region and we are in a very strategic location in anything involved with China.

5. Australia has made major contributions to this alliance in the last 50 years in things such as hosting Joint Defence Facilities in the United States and Australia, Holding and participating in major Military Training Exercises and participating in conflicts alongside the United States such as the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, Iraq War and the current conflict against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

6. The Minister says that Australian companies add value to the United States and the United States economy.

7. The Minister points out information about the company because it highlights the strength of joint US-Australian companies. It highlights that Australia and the United States both have a very healthy economic relationship with each other.

8. China is the country central to Australia's relationships in the region.

9. Australia is trying to foster China into emerging as a harmonious environment that does not pose a threat to world peace.


10. This is important to Australia because China will be the major world economy in just over a decade and they are a major military power so it is important to grow in conjunction with them to avoid harm to our country and our economy.


1. The United States is planning on placing permanent forces in Australia 

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