Editing Foreign relations of Australia (section)

===Cold War===
As the [[Cold War]] deepened, Australia aligned itself fully with the Western Powers.  In addition to contributing to UN forces in the [[Korean War]] – it was the first country to announce it would do so after the United States – Australia sent troops to assist in putting down the communist revolt in Malaya in 1948–60 and later to combat the Indonesian-supported invasion of [[Sarawak]] in 1963–65.<ref>Percy Claude Spender, ''Exercises in diplomacy; the ANZUS treaty and the Colombo Plan'' (1969).</ref>  Australia sent troops to repel communism and assist South Vietnamese and American forces in the [[Vietnam War]], in a move that stirred up antiwar activism at home.<ref>Peter Geoffrey Edwards, ''A Nation at War: Australian Politics, society and diplomacy during the Vietnam War 1965–1975'' (Allen & Unwin, 1997)</ref>  Australia has been active in the [[Five Eyes]] intelligence alliance, and in the Australia – New Zealand – [[United Kingdom]] agreement and the [[Five Power Defence Arrangement]]—successive arrangements with Britain and New Zealand to ensure the security of Singapore and [[Malaysia]].