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The politics of Australia's withdrawal from Iraq
This article examines the complex matrix of public, political and policy debates that were brought to bear on Australia's decision to withdraw from Iraq. In analysing the ‘politics of withdrawal’ in Australia, this article identifies four dominant frames that served to polarise the issue along party-political lines and reduce the complexities of Australia's withdrawal to a set of simple polarities (such as ‘stay the course’ versus ‘responsible withdrawal’). Specifically, these frames obfuscated an assessment of the myriad challenges facing post-Saddam Iraq and the prospects for peace, security and development beyond Australia's withdrawal. Understanding the ways in which Australia framed its decision to disengage from Iraq is critical to further analysis of Australia's approach to current (or future) military draw-downs (such as in Afghanistan), as well as those conducted by other liberal democracies, such as the US and the UK.
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Australian journal of political scienceVolume
49Issue
4Pagination
647 - 661Publisher
RoutledgeLocation
Melbourne, Vic.Publisher DOI
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1036-1146eISSN
1363-030XLanguage
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2014, RoutledgeUsage metrics
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