Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction; Abstract; Chapter 2 The Cables and Their Reception; Abstract; Understanding the Cables; The Cables; Australian Politics and the Wikileaks Cables; Chapter 3 Australia and the United States: Comparative Notes; Abstract; Chapter 4 Strategic Objectives (1); Abstract; Iraq; Afghanistan; Pakistan; India; Nuclear Issues; Missile Defense-An Enhanced First-Strike System; Russia and Missile Defense; Chapter 5 Strategic Objectives (2); Abstract; The Georgian War; NATO Enlargement; The Ukrainian Crisis; North Korea; Iran; Israel

Chapter 6 Commercial ObjectivesAbstract; Labor Unions; Intellectual Property Rights; Opposition to Developing Countries' Priorities; Subsidies; Tax Havens; Looking to the Future; Chapter 7 Public Diplomacy; Abstract; Osama bin Laden; Jordan; The Vatican; Iraq; Substance Not Style; Kuwait; Saudi Arabia; Chapter 8 Anti-terrorist Financing; Abstract; Chapter 9 Climate Change; Abstract; Chapter 10 What Uncle Sam Wants; Abstract; Index