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Record Nr.

UNINA9910639882203321

Autore

Paul Erik

Titolo

Australia in the Anthropocene : War Against China / / by Erik Paul

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023

ISBN

9789811981784

9789811981777

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 pages)

Disciplina

304.2

Soggetti

International relations

Asia - Politics and government

Australasia

History

Foreign Policy

Asian Politics

Australian History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. On Planetary realism -- 2. Age of the Anthropocene -- 3. War against China -- 4. Planetary realism.

Sommario/riassunto

The book is a study on planetary realism in a critical analysis of Australia in the age of the Anthropocene. It contextualises Australia in the degradation of the biosphere deeply harmful to humanity’s wellbeing, accelerating the threat of nuclear war and the tensions of a declining democracy. The Anthropocene is a critical period, threatening the viability of the Australian nation-state. It involves the decarbonisation of the economy driven by domestic and foreign corporate power, and the geopolitics of world domination as a close ally of the US. Australia’s militarisation for war against China must be contested in the pursuit for a green and just new deal framed in the foreign policy of reconciliation with Asia, including a fully cooperative entente with China Erik Paul (BA, MA Minn; PhD UC Berkeley) is at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on Australia’s relations with the Asia-Pacific region and issues of global governance, and regional



and world peace. His latest books include Australia in the Expanding Global Crisis (2020) and Australian Imperialism (2021).