Australia has adopted regional and global military ties to ensure the defence of its territory and its strategic interests linked to international peace and stability. The role of government and non-government organisations help shape and strengthen defence ties. Defence ties include regional and global relationships that draw on historical alliances and treaty agreements. Today the links that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has with the rest of the world are varied and important. They include military, peacekeeping and humanitarian relief.
The ANZUS Treaty was signed by Australia, New Zealand and the United States in 1951, during the Korean War. This treaty was formed due to the fear of communist expansion in the Asia-Pacific region. The ANZUS Treaty benefited Australia as it bound each of the three powers to assist each other in the event of an attack. In 1954, the SEATO treaty was signed to develop a ‘collective defence’ as large poverty-stricken populations were rising up to become communists, supported by China. To Australia, this treaty was to combat communism alongside the US.
In the next decade there will be many important events that will be part of the Cold War that will have significant impact on communism and democracy, the Vietnam War where 58,000 Americans died in an effort to contain communism. Other important events were the Gulf War and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and the collapse of the Soviet Union. This would end the Cold War era. This was seen by the United States and its allies as a victory for freedom and democracy and the fall of a communist empire. In conclusion the Cold War was caused by U.S. fear of the spread of communism and other events.
This also allows for an effective growth of the legality in government and inside the country itself. As mentioned with the US earlier, freedom of speech is also a right in Australia under the Constitution and therefore it is stated that Australians are guaranteed a freedom of political speech. With this, a person or group can speak out if they wish for something in the constitution to be altered, If the government considers this option, the constitution may be altered to a more stable state
Reasons for Australia’s Involvement in the Vietnam War Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War from 1962-1975 has been the country’s longest military involvement in duration of any war. The war mainly involved America and its allies, including Australia, aiming to protect South Vietnam from the communist North Vietnam. Australia’s main reason for involvement in the Vietnam War is the country’s fear of communism and consequently, the ‘Domino Theory’. Australia also felt the need to commit military support for America during this war due to the ANZUS alliance and SEATO alliance. Furthermore, another reason was to follow the government’s defence policy of ‘Forward Defence’ in order to protect the country.
Agreements were reached with Britain, some European countries and with the International Refugee Organization to encourage migration, including displaced people from war-torn Europe. In this essay I will talk about the main political and economic reasons behind the Australian government's
Since September 11, 2001, the concept of terrorism went from an abstraction in most people's minds to a front-and-center concern for residents of the United States. Al-Qaeda had launched a simultaneous attack through plane-hijacking upon New York City and Washington D.C., killing over 3000 (vast majority Americans). A combination of greater information sharing and coordination with modern telecommunications, along with the American-led military actions in Southwest Asia lead to an incredible spike in the number of terrorist incidents in the Eastern Hemisphere. The greatest concentration of terrorist incidents over the last ten years has been in Iraq; which can be attributed almost entirely to the amount of U.S. assets in country until 2010
The Vietnam War affected both the social and political views of this nation. This war took one great nation and completely divided it in two. As shown by examples in this paper, the political and social changes were drastic enough and demonstrated by enough people that it was able to move an entire generation. Even today, the different views of the Vietnam War are seen in the way the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is viewed by many today: “ A somber reminder of the loss of too many young Americans, and of what the war did to the United States and its messianic belief in its own overweening virtue.” [ (Sitikoff, 1999)
The september 11 attack 9/11 was one of the bad things that ever happen in America. It has changed America by putting fear and panic everywhere across the nation. It changed the way American travel, our military defense, the way we use energy. It changed the way American travel by putting fear in everybody’s head, obviously the effect of the tragedy on tourism and still can be felt today by higher travel cost, very strict security and safety check points and the formation of TSA (Travel Security Administration.) America’s military was changed too due to the effect of 9/11, after the attack in response to the tragedy, military forces has to be shipped in Afghanistan to hunt down those who were responsible of the attack here in American soil.
It has been since the 1980’s that these crimes are becoming increasingly prevalent amongst our societies all over the world. The question is why does this continue to increase and who are the main targets, according to the statistics? In 1990, the Federal Government began to track and keep record of the hate crimes that were reported across the U.S. This act is more formally known as the, Hate Crime Statistic Act. This Act allowed them to document the race, location, and particular action of the crimes.