Security Cooperation in the Pacific Islands

Wallis, McNeill, Batley, Powles and the contributors examine the dynamics of Pacific Islands’ security cooperation, analysing how it helps address regional security challenges amid the broader strategic competition between China and the United States that is increasingly playing out in the region....

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description Wallis, McNeill, Batley, Powles and the contributors examine the dynamics of Pacific Islands’ security cooperation, analysing how it helps address regional security challenges amid the broader strategic competition between China and the United States that is increasingly playing out in the region. Pacific Island countries do not want to become pawns in this competition, but its impacts are inescapable and are creating additional security challenges. Compounding these effects are climate change and COVID-19, both of which have intersected with existing traditional and non-traditional security challenges facing the region. In response, Pacific Island leaders have vowed to pursue greater security cooperation amongst themselves and with partner states. This book addresses partner states’ interests in the region, how these interests and Pacific priorities align, and if not, what the possible consequences may be. It also analyses successful areas of security cooperation and tackles how challenges may be improved. Incorporating a range of perspectives from key leaders, practitioners and scholars, this is an empirically grounded analysis of security cooperation within the Pacific Islands region and by the region’s major partners. A vital resource for researchers and practitioners seeking to better understand Pacific Islands’ security collaboration and the inherent challenges it faces. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1574332025-07-30T09:00:00Z Security Cooperation in the Pacific Islands Wallis, Joanne McNeill, Henrietta Batley, James Powles, Anna Pacific Islands;Geopolitics;Strategic competition;Security Assistance;Cooperation;Competition thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWK Military and defence strategy::JWKF Military intelligence thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMR Cognition and cognitive psychology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSN International institutions thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWA Theory of warfare and military science thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWK Military and defence strategy::JWKF Military intelligence thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMR Cognition and cognitive psychology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSN International institutions thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWA Theory of warfare and military science Wallis, McNeill, Batley, Powles and the contributors examine the dynamics of Pacific Islands’ security cooperation, analysing how it helps address regional security challenges amid the broader strategic competition between China and the United States that is increasingly playing out in the region. Pacific Island countries do not want to become pawns in this competition, but its impacts are inescapable and are creating additional security challenges. Compounding these effects are climate change and COVID-19, both of which have intersected with existing traditional and non-traditional security challenges facing the region. In response, Pacific Island leaders have vowed to pursue greater security cooperation amongst themselves and with partner states. This book addresses partner states’ interests in the region, how these interests and Pacific priorities align, and if not, what the possible consequences may be. It also analyses successful areas of security cooperation and tackles how challenges may be improved. Incorporating a range of perspectives from key leaders, practitioners and scholars, this is an empirically grounded analysis of security cooperation within the Pacific Islands region and by the region’s major partners. A vital resource for researchers and practitioners seeking to better understand Pacific Islands’ security collaboration and the inherent challenges it faces. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. 2025-03-15T18:04:22Z 2025-03-15T18:04:22Z 2025-03-13T12:35:35Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/99936 9781040353073 9781041011125 9781003613190 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/157433 eng Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/99936/1/9781040353042.pdf Taylor & Francis 10.4324/9781003613190 10.4324/9781003613190 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 8ab1e551-a0b1-458e-bcda-e9319a285433 f9bb9a33-3aee-4a25-8542-c36420410650 9781040353073 9781041011125 9781003613190 334 University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide 10.13039/501100001786 open access
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Security Cooperation in the Pacific Islands
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topic Pacific Islands;Geopolitics;Strategic competition;Security Assistance;Cooperation;Competition
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topic_facet Pacific Islands;Geopolitics;Strategic competition;Security Assistance;Cooperation;Competition
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