Australian-U.S. Security Relations in the Post-Cold War World

Abstract

The author argues that the end of the Cold War will affect the conduct of future bilateral Australian-U.S. defense relations. Whereas the alliance relationship that emerged between Canberra and Washington over the years has not owed its existence to the Cold War, the end of bloc tensions will surely result in greater scrutiny of existing bilateral defense programs by both countries. It can be expected that cooperative defense activities could become focal points of controversy in the forthcoming era of austerity. In essence, the end of the Cold War and diminished defense budgets will combine to make alliance relations more difficult to manage, but no less important.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA261701

Entities

People

  • Thomas-Durell Young

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Australia
  • Budgets
  • Central Europe
  • Cold War
  • Cooperation
  • Europe
  • Governments
  • Military Budgets
  • National Security
  • New Zealand
  • Security
  • Surveillance
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies