Dr Andrea Benvenuti

Research Summary

My current research interests lie in the field of post-1945 international history with a strong focus on Cold War diplomacy. I am currently working on two major projects: the first focuses on Australia’s responses to Britain’s end of empire in Southeast Asia between 1955 and 1963. The second project charts the development of Australia’s political, strategic and economic links with the Indian Subcontinent from 1947 to the end of the 1970s.

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Teaching

Prior to coming to UNSW, Dr Andrea Benvenuti taught International History and International Relations at UNSW Asia in Singapore. Between July 2004 and December 2006 he held a postdoctoral research fellowship in International Relations at the School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland, Brisbane. Before joining the University of Queesland, Dr Benvenuti was as postdoctoral research fellow at the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies (King's College London).

At UNSW, I am currently teaching:
ARTS 1780: Concepts of Europe
ARTS 1781: Australia's European Context
POLS 5129: The Foreign Policies of the Great Powers

Publications

Books
Britain, Australia and the Turn to Europe, 1961-72 (New York: Boydell & Brewer, 2008)


Refereed Journal Articles
(with David Martin Jones) 'Menzies’ Asia Policy and the Anachronistic Fallacy', Australian Journal of International Affairs (forthcoming)

'Australia, the ‘Marshall Experiment’ and the Decolonisation of Singapore', Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (forthcoming)

'Winds of Change: Australia’s policy towards Britain’s End of Empire in Singapore, 1955-56', Journal of Australian Naval History (forthcoming)

(with David Martin Jones), 'Myth and Misrepresentation in Australian Foreign Policy: Menzies and Engagement with Asia', Journal of Cold War Studies (forthcoming)

'Australia and Western European Integration in the 1950s, Journal of European Integration History (forthcoming)

'Difficult Partners: Indo-Australian Relations at the Height of the Cold War, 1949-64', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 57, no. 1, 2011

(with David Martin Jones), 'Engaging Southeast Asia? Labor’s Regional Mythology and Australian Military Withdrawal from Singapore and Malaysia (1972-73)', Journal of Cold War Studies, vol. 41, no. 1, 2010

(with Moreen Dee), 'The Five Power Defence Arrangements and the Reappraisal of the British and Australian Policy Interests in Southeast Asia, 1970-75”, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, vol. 41, no. 1, 2010

‘The British are “taking to the boat”: Australian Attempts to Forestall Britain’s Military Disengagement from Southeast Asia, 1965-66’, Diplomacy & Statecraft, vol. 20, no. 1, 2009

‘The Heath Government and British Defence Policy in Southeast Asia at the End of Empire (1970-71), Twentieth Century British History, vol. 20, no. 1, 2009

'Facing the Inevitable: Britain's Entry into the European Community and Australia's policy', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 53, no. 2, 2007

'“Lying Low and Saying Nothing”: Australian Policy towards Britain's Second Bid to Join the European Economic Community', Australian Economic History Review, vol. 46, no. 2, 2006

'A Parting of the Ways: The British Military Withdrawal from Southeast Asia and its Critical Impact on Anglo-Australian Relations (1965-68)', Contemporary British History, vol. 20, no. 4, 2006

'Australian Reactions to Britain's Declining Presence in Southeast Asia, 1955-63', Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, vol. 34, no. 3, 2006

'Issues in Australian Foreign Policy, July-December 2005', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 52, no. 2, 2006

(with David Martin Jones) 'Tradition, Myth and the Dilemma of Australian Foreign Policy', Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol. 60, no. 1, 2006

'Dealing with an Expanding European Community: Australia's Attitude towards the EC's First Enlargement', Journal of European Integration History, vol. 11, no. 2, 2005

'The British Military Withdrawal from Southeast Asia and its Impact on Australia's Cold War Strategy', Cold War History, vol. 5, no. 2, 2005

'Shifting Priorities: Australia's Defence Ties to Britain in the Aftermath of Empire', History Compass (available at www.history-compass.com), 2004

'Australia's Foreign Policy in the Aftermath of 9/11', Gesellschaft für AustralienStudien Newsletter, no. 18, 2004

'L'Australia contro “l'Europa Verde” (1973-1993): Vent'Anni di Lotte Australiane contro la Politica Agricola Comune (PAC) dell'Unione Europea', Politica Internazionale, vol. 27, no. 3, 1999

'Australia's Battle against the Common Agricultural Policy: The Fraser Government's Trade Diplomacy and the European Community', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 45, no. 2, 1999

'Australia, European Integration and Agriculture: Australian Responses to the Common Agricultural Policy', Australasian Journal of European Integration, vol. 1, 1988-9

'The Howard Government's Diplomacy towards the European Union on Agriculture: An Early Assessment', Political Expressions, vol. 2, no. 1, 1998

'India e Pakistan fra Guerra e Pace Armata', Politica Internazionale, vol. 24, no. 1/2, January-April 1996

'India and Pakistan: A Troubled Relationship', United Service Institute of India Journal, vol. 125, no. 521, 1995


Book Chapters
‘Five Power Defence Arrangement and the Early Development of ASEAN’, in David Martin Jones and Lili Yulyadi Arnakim (eds.), Regionalism and Political Development in Southeast Asia (Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya, 2009), pp. 5-23

'Australia's Policy towards South Asia', in Carl Ungerer (ed.), Australian Foreign Policy in an Age of Terror (Sydney: UNSW Press, 2007)

'Britain's Entry into the EEC as a Strategic Problem in British-Australian Relations, 1961-67', in Antonio Varsori (ed.), Inside the European Community: Actors and Policies in the European Integration from the Rome Treaties to the Creation of the 'Snake', (Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2006)

(with Stuart Ward), 'Britain, Europe and the “Other Quiet Revolution” in Canada', in Philip Buckner (ed.), Canada and the End of Empire (Vancouver: British Columbia University, 2005)


Working Papers
'Australia's Policy towards Britain's 1970-72 Application to Join the EEC', London Papers in Australian Studies, no. 14, 2006

'Australia's Policy towards Britain's Second Application to the European Economic Community, 1966-67', CERC (Contemporary Europe Research Centre, University of Melbourne) Working Paper Series, no. 3, 2003

Affiliations and Memberships

Australian Institute of International Affairs
Monash European and EU Centre
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (London)

Interests

Twentieth Century International History
European Integration History
Twentieth Century Southeast Asian History
British Foreign Policy
Australian Foreign Policy
US Foreign Policy
Indian Foreign Policy
Italian Foreign Policy