Australia and the British Empire and/or Australia and the USA – Portfolio Making Assignment Help

Assignment Task:

Part 1: Lecture Analysis Question (based on week 6)

Australia reluctantly left the British Empire during World War II.

Answer one of the following two questions on this topic:

1. How was Australia a part of the British Empire between the Federation and World War II?

OR

2. How has Australia reinvented its identity while still maintaining strong links to Britain since 1942.

Strong responses will go further than summarising the lecture slides. You should carefully consider the premise offered and then provide a critical answer that addresses one of the questions.

OR

Lecture Analysis Question (based on week 7)

The United States of America has been both Australia’s security guarantor and the sole superpower of this world since World War II.

Answer one of the following two questions on this topic:

1. Why is Australia willing to give its sovereignty, soldiers, and unconditional moral support to the USA?

OR

2. Will the USA be Australia’s main security partner by 2030?

Strong responses will go further than summarising the lecture slides. You should carefully consider the premise offered and then provide a critical answer that addresses one of the questions.

Part 2: Academic Reading Analysis (based on week 6)

Read the following text: 

• Scott, D 2018, ‘Britain returns to the Indian Ocean’, Round Table, vol. 107, no. 3, pp. 307-316.

Answer the question below in approximately 100-150 words.

• How enthusiastic do you think Australia would be for the re-emergence of British dominance in the Indian Ocean?

OR

Academic Reading Analysis

Read the following text: 

• Clark, M 2017, ‘The US–Australia alliance in the era of change:   living complacently?’, Asia Policy vol.   23 no. 1, pp. 63–69.

Answer the question below in approximately 100-150 words. Make sure that you directly refer to the Clark reading in your response.

• How does the decline of the US as unquestioned security guarantor make Australia’s place in Asia more complex?

Part 3: Media Analysis

Write an analysis of the media and public perceptions surrounding any part of this week’s topic in approximately 100-150 words.

The media source should be from a credible Australian news source. In your analysis, you should briefly: 

1. Identify the topic.
2. Explain the author’s argument.

AND

3. Provide a critique of their position.

OR

4. Identify how this issue is important to contemporary Australia.

Strong media sources are those that have a position and do not just list events. This will enable students to think about how the various opinion towards these topics that exist in Australian society. 

Topic for this week’s analysis:

1. Brexit and its trade implications for Australia.
2. Australia’s relationship to the Monarchy.
3. The impact of Donald Trump’s trade war on the Australian economy.
4. Scott Morrison’s state dinner and emulation of Trump’s anti-China rhetoric.
5. Australia’s deployment of personnel to the Strait of Hormuz.
6. Australia’s stance on Trump’s withdrawal from Syrian Kurdistan.