About the Editors; About the Contributors; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; Part I Defining the Australian 'National Interest'; Chapter 1 Hard Choices: Defining Australia's National Interest in the Asian Century; THE COLOMBO PLAN; THE GARNAUT REPORT ON AUSTRALIA AND THE NORTHEAST ASIAN ASCENDANCY (1989); 'In the National Interest' (1997); 'Advancing the National Interest' (2003); 'Australia in the Asian Century' (2012); 'Foreign Investment and the National Interest' (2013); THE NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT AUSTRALIA'S PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC ARCHITECTUREASIA OR ASIA PACIFIC-INDIAN OCEAN?; CONCLUSION; ENDNOTES; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A; Chapter 2 Between the Giants in Pursuit of Asian Prosperity: Dilemmas of Australia's National Security Strategy; IN SEARCH OF AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL INTEREST; National Interest as a Product of a Political Process; National Interest as a Function of National Power; National Identity; A CASE OF 'BIPOLAR DISORDER'; THE CHANGING STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION; The Rise of China; THE AMERICAN 'ASIAN PIVOT' EMERGING CONFIGURATION OF POWERAUSTRALIA'S OPTIONS; Should Australia Go Nuclear?; RETHINKING SECURITY STRATEGY; Territorial Policing; Re-conceptualising the Alliance with the US; Promoting Multilateralism; Creating a New Role and a New Identity; ENDNOTES; REFERENCES; Chapter 3 National Interest and Tectonic Change: The Case of Australia and Asia; A MIDDLE POWER'S NATIONAL INTEREST; AUSTRALIAN SKILLS AT RISK; AUSTRALIAN DIPLOMACY AT RISK; OPEN FOR BUSINESS -- AND FOR INVESTMENT?; THE US-CHINA BALANCE; CHALLENGE IN INDONESIA; CONCLUSION; ENDNOTES; REFERENCES; Part II Trade Chapter 4 The National Interest in Trade andInvestment Agreements: Protecting the Health of AustraliansINTRODUCTION; NCD RISK FACTOR REGULATION WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW FRAMEWORK; Trade and Investment Disputes about Public Health Measures; NCD Risk Factor Regulation in WTO Law; NCD Risk Factor Regulation in International Investment Law; REGULATING NCD RISK FACTORS IN AUSTRALIA; The National Preventative Health Strategy; Plain Tobacco Packaging in the Context of Australian Tobacco Regulation; MANAGING THE RISKS OF NCD RISK FACTOR REGULATION IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST Resisting Regulatory Chill from Litigation TacticsReshaping Existing and Future IIAs; Public health exclusions and exceptions; Self-judging clauses in relation to public health; Joint determinations on specific provisions; CONCLUSION; ENDNOTES; REFERENCES; LEGISLATION, CASES AND TREATIES; Chapter 5 Shepparton Preserving Company: The Tomato Processing Industry and the National Interest; ENDNOTES; REFERENCES; LEGISLATION, CASES AND TREATIES; Part III Investment; Chapter 6 The 'National Interest', and Australian and Chinese Investment Law and Policy REGULATION OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT -- AUSTRALIA AND THE NATIONAL INTEREST TEST