Australia: Background and U.S. Relations

Vaughn, Bruce

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Foreign policy;    Foreign relations - Australia - U.S.;    Foreign relations - U.S. - Australia;   

RP-ID  :  RL33010
RP-ID  :  RL33010 2006-04-20

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Commonwealth of Australia and the United States are close allies under the ANZUS treaty. Australia evoked the treaty to offer assistance to the United States after the attacks of September 11, 2001, in which 22 Australians were among the dead. Australia was one of the first countries to commit troops to U.S. military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Howard Government’s strong commitment to the United States in Afghanistan and Iraq and the recently negotiated bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Australia and the United States have strengthened what were already close ties between the two long-term allies.