Walsh School of Foreign Service

Category: Oceanic Currents

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Oceanic Currents

Smaller States & Peacemaking: Agency, Innovation and Opportunity

Students in ANZP 3360, Smaller States and Peacemaking have once again produced an interesting and thoughtful collection of essays on peacemaking. High on their agenda was the…

January 16, 2025

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Unpacking the Silent Killer: An Explanatory Model for T2DM Rates in Micronesia

Will Hays writes about type 2 diabetes in Micronesia for his final project in the Certificate in Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Studies. The Micronesian states – the…

January 16, 2025

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New Book – Power and Influence in the Pacific:Understanding Statecraftiness

This book outlines an analytical framework to understand power, influence, and statecraft in the Pacific Islands region. With contributions by scholars from the United States,…

November 13, 2024

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Minerals for the Green Transition

CANZPS affiliate Professor Saleem H. Ali gave a TED talk entitled "Minerals Trust for the Green Transition" at the "Big Bets Salon" sponsored by the Rockefeller.…

August 22, 2024

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Shiprider Agreements Making Headway

On February 23, a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) press release1 touted the successes of a shiprider patrol of Kiribati’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), as part of “Operation Blue…

March 6, 2024

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What Happens When Taiwan Leaves the Pacific?

It should not be a stretch of imagination to envision a Pacific Island region minus the diplomatic recognition of Taiwan.  This may not be a desirable outcome, but the current…

February 3, 2024

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Geopolitics in the Pacific Islands: Playing for advantage

CANZPS director, Alan Tidwell and Meg Keen in this Lowy Institute policy brief examine how competition among development partners in the Pacific can be harnessed to lift…

February 2, 2024

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China-Taiwan Dollar Diplomacy Signals Worrying Futures Ahead for Nauru

On 15 January 2024, the Republic of Nauru severed its diplomatic ties with Taiwan, restoring relations with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The Nauruan government’s…

January 28, 2024

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Michael Walsh, CANZPS affiliate, offers his take on why Nauru’s recognition of the PRC destabilizes the Pacific

January 21, 2024

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The Pacific Islands Health Care Initiative – Redefining US Diplomacy in the Pacific Islands as Bold, Benevolent and Innovative

There is no shortage of ways the US can build  people to people exchanges with Pacific Island Countries. Health as diplomacy should be at the top of the.…

January 8, 2024