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THE DEBATE PAPERS: SHOULD DEMOCRACY HAVE A GREATER ROLE IN AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN POLICY?

4 Apr 2024

Responding to the question ‘should democracy have a greater role in Australia’s foreign policy’, Bridi Rice, CEO of the Development Intelligence Lab was asked to argue the a!rmative and for the negative case, Nick Bisley, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University. [...] To state good reasons to doubt the utility of the historical analogy, the obvious: Australia is not the United States. [...] They how it is resolved will be of fundamental importance to call on Australia to respect its bilateral partners when the country’s national well-being and because it is an they say they do not want to be lectured or told to active player in this game with a capacity to influence the sign up to a set of Western liberal norms and institu- contours of the emerging order. [...] A gives to democracy and the advocacy of liberal values choice by Australia to just tackle the low-hanging because of the ongoing legacy of colonialism. [...] However, given the nature of an international contest in which a genuine battle for hegem- Bridi Rice is an international development ony is in the o"ng, Australia must be clear-eyed about its expert and is currently the CEO of the interests and make hard choices about its priorities and Development Intelligence Lab.
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