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The foreign relations of Australia are influenced by its position as a leading trading nation and as a significant donor of humanitarian aid. Australia's foreign policy is guided by a commitment to multilateralism and regionalism, as well as to strong bilateral relations with its allies. Key concerns include free trade, terrorism, refugees, economic cooperation with Asia and stability in the Asia-Pacific. Australia is active in the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Nations. Australia's imports of major weapons increased 65 per cent between 2005–2009 and 2010–14, making it the sixth largest importer in the world according to SIPRI. It has become steadfastly allied with New Zealand, through long-standing ANZAC ties dating back to the early 1900s, as well as the United States, throughout the Cold War and since. With the rapid growth in trade relations with China, however, Australia has been debating whether to shift its emphasis to Asia.〔Amry Vandenbosch and Mary Belle Vandenbosch, ''Australia Faces Southeast Asia: The Emergence of a Foreign Policy'' (2014)〕 A major debate has been underway with a large numbers of refugees streaming into Australia, often via very dangerous smuggling.〔Stewart Firth, ''Australia in International Politics: An Introduction to Australian Foreign Policy'' (2005)〕 ==History== (詳細はIndonesian independence during that country's revolt against the Dutch (1945–49).〔E. G. Whitlam, "Australia, Indonesia and Europe's empires." ''Australian Journal of International Affairs'' (1980) 34#1 pp: 3-12.〕 Australia was one of the founders of both the United Nations and the South Pacific Commission (1947), and in 1950, it proposed the Colombo Plan to assist developing countries in Asia. In addition to contributing to UN forces in the Korean War – it was the first country to announce it would do so after the United States – Australia sent troops to assist in putting down the communist revolt in Malaya in 1948–60 and later to combat the Indonesian-supported invasion of Sarawak in 1963–65.〔Percy Claude Spender, ''Exercises in diplomacy; the ANZUS treaty and the Colombo Plan'' (1969).〕 Australia sent troops to repel communism and assist South Vietnamese and American forces in the Vietnam War, in a move that stirred up antiwar activism at home.〔Peter Geoffrey Edwards, ''A Nation at War: Australian Politics, society and diplomacy during the Vietnam War 1965-1975'' (Allen & Unwin, 1997)〕 It joined coalition forces in the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Australia has been active in the Australia – New Zealand – United Kingdom agreement and the Five Power Defence Arrangement—successive arrangements with Britain and New Zealand to ensure the security of Singapore and Malaysia. In 1999 Australian peace keeping forces intervened in East Timor following its referendum to secede from Indonesia. In 2006 Australia sent a contingent of Australian troops to the state in order to assist in the 2006 East Timor crisis.〔James Cotton, ''East Timor, Australia and regional order: intervention and its aftermath in Southeast Asia'' (Routledge, 2004)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Foreign relations of Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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