AUSMIN

Question 1

Background + dates

Answer 1

-Annual ministerial consultations between the Australian Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Defence, with the US secretaries of State and Defence
-Most recent Meeting: Brisbane, 29 July 2023

Question 2

Relevant FPI, power

Answer 2

-Diplomatic power
-Diplomacy FPI
-Soft power

Question 3

Effect on national interests

Answer 3

-Increases regional relationships with the United States

Question 4

Different Interpretations - Penny Wong 2022

Answer 4

“Two countries who share an interest in a world that is open, stable, prosperous - where all countries can make their own sovereign choices.”

Question 5

Different Interpretations - Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, ABC - 2022

Answer 5

“You start with the countries that share your basic approach, that share your basic interests, that share your basic values. And nowhere is that more true than between the United States and Australia”

Question 6

Idealism/ Pragmatism

Answer 6

-Idealism (see quotes above) - based on ideological principle