2022 Year in Review

Herein lies what I think are the most
valuable lessons of this book: how do
we change our foreign policy? Behm’s
solution lies in structural change
starting within the domestic sphere and
means understanding Australian
identity, values and interests. This is an
incredibly nuanced discussion that
warrants reading the book. Some topics
have quite clear connections with this
goal like increasing foreign language
education, and others are more oblique,
such as reconciliation with our
Indigenous communities and
rearticulating Australian values.
Cleverly written, Behm weaves together
current trends and ongoing challenges,
and puts it within the context of our
regional environment and political
peculiarities. No Enemies No Friends is a
thought provoking read and attacks the
foreign policy status quo. It represents
the influences that are acting upon our
current cohort of policymakers, and
broadly looks to interrogate how the
character of Australian policy came to
be.
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