The reputation as a middle power, Australia has received together with the Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs Evatt. It was he who most clearly expressed the concept. The process of transformation diplomacy of Australia as a middle power is more complex and has undergone a long period of time. In order to comprehensively study the Australian “middle power” approach, it would require a scrutiny of official parliamentary speeches and debates over the postwar period. In particular, the documents for this period confirmed that in 50 years the concept of middle power is not only fully met the expectations and deserved unconditional approval and support as Labor and conservative leaders.
The main argument is that the concept of middle powers had an …show more content…
Australia begins to be active expressing itself through radio and the Department of Foreign Affairs, broadcasting news and other programmes around the world. It can be regarded as the process of Barwick’s preferred bridging role. As a result, the basic features of middle power which was announced firstly by Evatt to the Barwick, keep in Hasluck policy, including the tiers between status of Australia as middle power, the position in the international society and the central importance of “soft” cultural diplomacy to Australia’s broader security interests.
A year after, the post Minister of Foreign Affairs took Hasluck. His first speech was full of references as “power politics” and “balanced power”. This was rather harsh terms in international relations theory. His period was darkening by Vietnam War which mostly formed his perception of Australia’s role in international community. Despite the fact that the Hasluck policy is slightly similar to the policy of Evatt or the concept of Burkina, yet he was not so far from the principles laid down 20 years ago. Hasluck was a strong leader who understood all the advantages of the geographical position of