POWER & NATIONAL INTERESTS
Name the four national interests set out in the study design
National security, economic prosperity, regional relationships, regional standing
In force since July 2026, this mutual defence treaty binds Australia and Papua New Guinea.
The Pukpuk Treaty
Supreme authority within a defined territory, free from external interference
Sovereignty
A group of crows is known by this ominous collective noun.
A Murder
The United Nations headquarters is located in this city
New York
Launched in 2013, this is China's signature economic instrument for building influence across Eurasia, Africa and the Pacific.
The Belt and Road Initiative
Signed in 1951, this treaty remains the foundation of Australia's alliance with the United States.
The ANZUS Treaty
This paired concept asks whether a state's institutions, leadership and arrangements have been maintained or altered over time.
Political stability and political change
This Australian marsupial produces distinctively cube-shaped droppings.
the wombat
In 1932 the Australian army was deployed to Western Australia and comprehensively lost to these birds.
Emus (the Great Emu War)
Beijing's position that there is only one Chinese state and that Taiwan is part of it.
The One China principle
Announced in 2021, this trilateral partnership will deliver Australia nuclear-powered submarines under its first pillar.
AUKUS
The concept describing how states have become so economically, environmentally and politically linked that events in one reverberate globally.
Global interconnectedness
An octopus has this many hearts.
Three
The shortest war in recorded history lasted under 45 minutes in 1896, between Britain and this island sultanate.
Zanzibar
In 2016 this body ruled against China's nine-dash line claims in a case brought by the Philippines
The Permanent Court of Arbitration NOT the International Court of Justice
Australia, India, Japan and the United States make up this informal strategic grouping
The Quad (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue)
Neither a great power nor a small one, relying on diplomacy, coalitions and institutions, Australia's usual self-description.
A middle power
This is the only country in the world with a non-rectangular national flag.
Nepal
NATO's political headquarters is in this European capital.
Brussels
Established in 2016, this Beijing-led development bank offers an alternative to Western-dominated institutions.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Australia's current Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Penny Wong
The broadly accepted right of a government or institution to exercise authority.
Legitimacy
Fear of long words is known by this
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
This planet rotates on its side, essentially rolling around the Sun.
Uranus