Joseph A. Camilleri, “Problems in Australian Foreign Policy: July - December 1990”, Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 37, No. 2, 1991, pp. 183-199.
Every so often over the last 50 years, Australia’s relations with Indonesia have hit stormy waters. The present tensions over the spying scandal may not be the most serious, but they are serious enough.
We have yet to devise policies that acknowledge the richness of Asian cultures, their literatures, their values, their ancient and still living wisdom. Our much vaunted multiculturalism could gain much from a deeper religious and ethical understanding as well as the political and legal systems that are integral to a re-emerging Asia.
Joseph A. Camilleri, 'The Emerging Pacific Economy: Australia’s Role', in The MFP Debate: A Background Reader, edited by Ross E. Mouer and Yoshio Sugimoto, Melbourne, La Trobe University Press, 1990, pp. 15-23.
