Ever since the beginning of the 20th century Australia has faced a difficult choice. The country needed to choose between its history and its geography in terms of politics, economics and security. Over time, this choice has been extensively regarded and debated with the resulting outcomes being at times extremely uncertain. This work will consider the history of Australia's choices and their evolution over time, how different Australian governments reacted to the need to face these choices, and the situation in Australia at the moment. The thesis of this work will consist of the argument that whilst history and geography may be thought of as mutually exclusive, it may be possible to incorporate both into Australian foreign policy, although the result of this may be not receiving the full benefits of either.
At the beginning of the 20th century Australia was a small, open economy. At this point in time, Australia was heavily dependent on Britain as its closest trading partner.......
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