Foreign Policy

Politics CAT 2 ‘Analysis of Australian Foreign Policy with the United States since 1941’ "Australia looks to America, free of any pangs as to our traditional links or kinship with the United Kingdom" . Curtin’s historic speech of December 1941 marked a radical change in Australian foreign policy and the beginning of what would become a "dynamic alliance relationship" . The Australian-U.S relationship has, since it was formally established, undergone amazing transformations to become an alliance of several …

…the U.S in all areas of Foreign Policy, with few negative effects; the same cannot be said for Australia. "If the U.S alliance is an insurance policy, then the premiums Australia has paid, and is still paying, are excessive" ; however, it is nevertheless arguable that the alliance is more important and valuable to Australia. Although the costs of the alliance for Australia have been inflated, that which Australia receives in return is priceless.