The Proliferation of External Geographies in Oceania: ‘It is Nice to be Relevant’

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dc.contributor.authorSzadziewski, Henryk
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-06T02:29:49Z
dc.date.available2021-12-06T02:29:49Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-06
dc.description.abstractOceania has become the subject of a proliferation of new policies towards it by external powers (Smith and Wesley-Smith 2021). The economic presence of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is a leading factor in the development of these Pacific agendas, opening a new era of uncertain political and economic competition. The arrival of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative in the region has only heightened the strategic anxiety of the US, Australia and other powers. In 2012, and in response to several high-level diplomatic visits to Oceania, then president of Kiribati Anote Tong, remarked wryly, ‘It is nice to be relevant’ (Tong 2012). Given the wide range of Pacific initiatives proposed, his words were also prescient. Within the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), states in Oceania seek to not only diversify relations beyond former and current colonial powers, but also prioritise human security emergencies, such as the climate crisis.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipAustralian Department of Foreign Affairs and Tradeen_AU
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dc.identifier.issn2209-9557en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/254528
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherCanberra, ACT: Dept. of Pacific Affairs, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, The Australian National Universityen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDepartment of Pacific Affairs In Brief series: 2021/34en_AU
dc.rightsAuthor/s retain copyrighten_AU
dc.subjectGeopoliticsen_AU
dc.subjectinternational relationsen_AU
dc.subjectdiplomacyen_AU
dc.subjectinternational relationsen_AU
dc.subjectgeopoliticsen_AU
dc.subjectregionalismen_AU
dc.subjectmultilateralismen_AU
dc.subjectgovernanceen_AU
dc.subjectPacificen_AU
dc.subjectOceaniaen_AU
dc.subjectOceansen_AU
dc.subjectBlue Pacificen_AU
dc.subjectFisheriesen_AU
dc.subjectTuna Fishingen_AU
dc.subjectPacific Diplomacyen_AU
dc.titleThe Proliferation of External Geographies in Oceania: ‘It is Nice to be Relevant’en_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage2en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationDept. of Pacific Affairs, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.identifier.doi10.25911/0PAP-B181
local.identifier.essn2209-9549en_AU
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu5724277en_AU
local.mintdoiminten_AU
local.publisher.urlhttp://dpa.bellschool.anu.edu.auen_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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