TY  - BOOK
AU  - BISLEY Nick
AU  - ECKERSLEY Robyn
AU  - HAMEIRI Shahar
AU  - KIRK Jessica
AU  - LAWSON George
AU  - ZALA Benjamin
TI  - For a progressive realism: Australian foreign policy in the 21st century
PY  - 2022///
KW  - AUSTRALIA
KW  - FOREIGN POLICY
KW  - REALISM
KW  - PROGRESSIVE
KW  - CLIMATE CHANGE
KW  - CHINA
KW  - TAIWAN
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - PACIFIC ISLANDS
KW  - REGIONALISM
N2  - What ideas and concepts might be used to reinvigorate a progressive approach to Australian foreign policy? In contrast to the clarity of the international vision provided by right-wing movements, there is uncertainty about the contours of a progressive approach to contemporary Australian foreign policy. This article outlines the basis of a 'progressive realism' that can challenge right-wing accounts. Progressive realism combines a 'realistic' diagnosis of the key dynamics that underpin contemporary world politics with a 'progressive' focus on the redistribution of existing power configurations. Taken together, these two building blocks provide the foundations for a left-of-centre foreign policy agenda. We apply progressive realism to four policy areas: pandemic politics, aid and infrastructure in the Pacific, climate change, and a crisis in the Taiwan Strait. This analysis, in turn, highlights the challenges and opportunities for progressive political actors in crafting foreign policy both within and beyond Australia
UR  - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10357718.2022.2051428
ER  -