TY - BOOK AU - STRATING Rebecca TI - Introduction : : a critical analysis of Australian foreign, defence and strategic policy PY - 2020/// KW - AUSTRALIA KW - DEFENCE POLICY KW - DEFENCE WHITE PAPER KW - STRATEGIC POLICY N2 - The contribution argues that the White Paper takes a fragmented approach in analysing and describing national and global security challenges. To achieve the outcomes articulated in the White Paper, the Australian government needs to pay greater attention to conflict prevention and achieving sustainable peace, which are key tenets of the United Nation's Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. As pieces of declaratory policy, defence and foreign policy white papers serve an important function of signalling to domestic and international audiences the interests, values and priorities of the state UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2020.1744521 ER -