The Commonwealth

Australia’s Traditional ‘Window’ into Africa

Bibliographic Data

ID10477759
AuthorsNikola Pijović (0000-0001-8930-872X, Australian National University, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume103
Issue4
Pages383-397
Publication date2014-07-04
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Round Table (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0035-8533 • E-ISSN: 1465-4008
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00358533.2014.941195
OpenAlexW2016900835
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

The Commonwealth’s importance for Australia’s overall foreign policy is often seen as relatively negligible, but its importance historically for Australia’s foreign policy engagement with African states should be seen as quite central. Since the 1960s, the Commonwealth forum has provided Australia with the most extensive multilateral (and to an extent bilateral) opportunity to engage with African states and issues, and as such should be recognised as Australia’s traditional ‘window’ into African affairs. This article for the first time brings together a discussion of all of the major episodes of Australia’s foreign policy engagement with African states taking place within the Commonwealth forum and argues that, at least until the late 2000s, the Commonwealth was indeed the main vehicle for Australia’s most prominent foreign policy engagement with African issues

Commonwealth · Development economics · Economics · Foreign policy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Window of opportunity · Australian History and Society · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Public Administration

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