Strategic Culture: Historical and Geographical Rationalization in Explaining Australia’s Current Immigration Policies

Fitra Shaumi Azzahra, Kezya Agustina Hananya

2018

Abstract

During the twenty first century, the problem of immigration has become an indirect security concern that is highly crucial for Australia. There is a plenty of phenomenon that show how the acceptance of immigrants can pose a very serious threat to a nation's domestic stability. On one hand, this is due to the difference of culture between the immigrants and local population which is exhibited through the phenomenon of Cronulla Riots in 2005. On the other hand, the incapability of the immigrants to fulfill the competencies of skilled labors also contribute to the rise of criminality in accepting countries. In turn, these two problems create a paradox with moral values since refusing the arrival of immigrants will be viewed negatively by the international society. Hence, there is a paradox between moral values and the problem of security in a certain region that is hard to escape. An interesting case to prove that this paradox exists is when Australia made a decision to refuse the arrival of immigrants that used boats in 2013 and built two detention centers in Nauru and Manus under the administration of Tony Abbott. In order to explain this paradox, this article will utilize the usage of Strategic Culture that can explain Australia's decision that has been mentioned before. This article argues that Australia's decision to build immigration detention centers is the most rational decision if viewed through the perspective of Strategic Culture although it creates controversies and tensions among the other Asia Pacific countries such as Indonesia, Nauru, and Papua Nugini.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Azzahra F. and Hananya K. (2018). Strategic Culture: Historical and Geographical Rationalization in Explaining Australia’s Current Immigration Policies. In Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR, ISBN 978-989-758-493-0, pages 302-308. DOI: 10.5220/0010276300002309

in Bibtex Style

@conference{acir18,
author={Fitra Shaumi Azzahra and Kezya Agustina Hananya},
title={Strategic Culture: Historical and Geographical Rationalization in Explaining Australia’s Current Immigration Policies},
booktitle={Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,},
year={2018},
pages={302-308},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010276300002309},
isbn={978-989-758-493-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,
TI - Strategic Culture: Historical and Geographical Rationalization in Explaining Australia’s Current Immigration Policies
SN - 978-989-758-493-0
AU - Azzahra F.
AU - Hananya K.
PY - 2018
SP - 302
EP - 308
DO - 10.5220/0010276300002309