1. The strategic revolution and its implications -- The fall of the old world order and its effects -- Shifting structure of the Asia-Pacific region -- Australia's misjudgment of the collapse -- Australia's strategic choices -- The nature of Australia's strategic environment -- More heat than light? -- Control versus denial -- Getting the strategic context right -- 2. Japan: the new hub of Asia -- The postwar evolution of Japanese military power -- Limited capability of the self-defense forces -- Role of the self-defense forces -- Japan's strategic situation -- The new strategic uncertainty -- Rearmament: pressures and obstacles -- TIs rearmament inevitable? -- The American-Japanese alliance -- 'Division of labour': a Pacific partnership? -- International perceptions of Japan -- The credibility of Japanese government -- Democracy and corruption -- Legacy of the 'Greater East Asia War' -- Australian and regional perceptions --
7. Security issues into the new century -- The obsolescence of Australian policy -- The failing alliance -- The delusion of self-reliance -- setting achievable security goals -- Minimised-risk defence -- Diversification -- Practical denial -- Security organisation and defence management -- How much is practicable? -- Regional engagement -- Confusing signals -- Practical regional military posture -- Engagement with Japan -- Human rights and security -- Policy issues for the next century -- annex A. Japanese defence spending trends 1955-1992 -- annex B. US 'bottom-up' review: force reductions -- annex C. Patterns of Australian defence spending -- annex D. Security policy inquiry: terms of reference
Failure to meet defence funding commitments -- The need to improve defence funding management -- Restricted scrutiny of the defence budget -- The supplementation syndrome -- An appropriate level of security -- The threat context -- Realism in objectives -- Good money after bad? -- Defining a practice defence funding objective -- 6. Organising for security and defence -- Lack of a national security approach -- The 'national security' concept -- Reviving the national security machinery -- An Australian national security staff -- The higher defence organisation -- Issues in the integrated Defence Department -- The Utz review of 1982-83 -- Fine-tuning the diarchy? -- A single chief executive officer for defence? -- The failure of strategic assessment --
Japan's future international role -- Japanese peacekeeeping deployments -- A low-risk UN option for Japan -- Japan and its neighbours -- 3. Self-reliance or self-delusion? -- Warstocks and stockholding -- Defence industry: the fatal flaw in self-reliance -- The Collins submarine project -- the ANZAC frigates -- The defence exports strategy -- A record of failure -- Can defence exports be revived? -- Export data and guidelines -- Self-reliance: the unattainable goal -- 4. The decay of Australia's American alliance -- Declining American regional power -- Diverging Australian and American interests -- Dangerous dependence -- The American facilities and intelligence -- Australian access versus Australian influence -- The future of the alliance -- 5. How much is enough? funding defence -- The democractic political context -- The decreased politican significance of defence --
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-231)
