AUSTRALIA: Foreign policy has in-built tensions

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  • Overall policy
  • US alliance
  • Reliable ally
  • Independent stance
  • Alliance strengthening?
  • Influencing Washington
  • UN involvement
  • Priority interest
  • Howard approach
  • Rudd approach
  • Inherent tensions
  • Asia-Pacific focus
  • China's rise
  • Rudd dimension
  • Rudd rebuked
  • Divergence
  • Wider Asia
  • Tokyo spurned?
  • Japan's importance
  • Perceptions
  • Outlook

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