Allan Gyngell has had a long career in making, advising on and implementing Australian foreign policy. He headed the International Division of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and has been posted to many countries since joining the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1969. He was foreign policy adviser to former Prime Minister Paul Keating from 1993 until 1996. He is Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy. Michael Wesley is a Professor of International Relations and Director of the Griffith Asia Institute, at Griffith University.

• Preface to first edition; Preface to second edition; 1. Introduction; 2. Conceiving foreign policy; 3. The policy process; Case study: the Cambodia Peace Settlement; 4. The Foreign Policy Bureaucracy; 5. The executive; Case study: Developing Regional Architecture - The APEC Leaders' Meetings; 6. The overseas network; 7. The Australian Intelligence Community; 8. The domestic landscape; Case study: The Bali Bombings: Foreign Policy Comes Home; 9. The International Policy Landscape; 10. Australia's Place in the World; Case study: The Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands; 11. Australia's security; 12. Australia's Prosperity; Case study: the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement; 13. Values and Australian foreign policy; 14. Conclusion: the end of foreign policy?; Appendix; Glossary; Index.

Allan Gyngell has had a long career in making, advising on and implementing Australian foreign policy. He headed the International Division of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and has been posted to many countries since joining the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1969. He was foreign policy adviser to former Prime Minister Paul Keating from 1993 until 1996. He is Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy. Michael Wesley is a Professor of International Relations and Director of the Griffith Asia Institute, at Griffith University.

• Preface to first edition; Preface to second edition; 1. Introduction; 2. Conceiving foreign policy; 3. The policy process; Case study: the Cambodia Peace Settlement; 4. The Foreign Policy Bureaucracy; 5. The executive; Case study: Developing Regional Architecture - The APEC Leaders' Meetings; 6. The overseas network; 7. The Australian Intelligence Community; 8. The domestic landscape; Case study: The Bali Bombings: Foreign Policy Comes Home; 9. The International Policy Landscape; 10. Australia's Place in the World; Case study: The Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands; 11. Australia's security; 12. Australia's Prosperity; Case study: the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement; 13. Values and Australian foreign policy; 14. Conclusion: the end of foreign policy?; Appendix; Glossary; Index.

Allan Gyngell has had a long career in making, advising on and implementing Australian foreign policy. He headed the International Division of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and has been posted to many countries since joining the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1969. He was foreign policy adviser to former Prime Minister Paul Keating from 1993 until 1996. He is Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy. Michael Wesley is a Professor of International Relations and Director of the Griffith Asia Institute, at Griffith University.

• Preface to first edition; Preface to second edition; 1. Introduction; 2. Conceiving foreign policy; 3. The policy process; Case study: the Cambodia Peace Settlement; 4. The Foreign Policy Bureaucracy; 5. The executive; Case study: Developing Regional Architecture - The APEC Leaders' Meetings; 6. The overseas network; 7. The Australian Intelligence Community; 8. The domestic landscape; Case study: The Bali Bombings: Foreign Policy Comes Home; 9. The International Policy Landscape; 10. Australia's Place in the World; Case study: The Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands; 11. Australia's security; 12. Australia's Prosperity; Case study: the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement; 13. Values and Australian foreign policy; 14. Conclusion: the end of foreign policy?; Appendix; Glossary; Index.