Walsh School of Foreign Service

Category: Oceanic Currents

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Next steps for American Engagement with the Pacific Islands

Washington has made monumental steps in improving its engagement with the Pacific Islands countries. Several new initiatives have been announced. US President Joe Biden will meet…

August 22, 2022

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CANZPS Director Testifies at the Hearing on “Challenges from Chinese Policy in 2022: Zero-COVID, Ukraine, and Pacific Diplomacy”

Alan Tidwell, director of the Center for Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Studies, testified before the the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission on…

August 8, 2022

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Papua New Guinea: Election Violence Shows Lack of Trust in the State

CANZPs affiliate, Gordon Peake, and Miranda Forsyth consider the underlying causes of electoral violence in.…

August 2, 2022

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Felled by its own Failures

Lawyers William Kadi and Dirk Heinz examine Solomon Islands heavy reliance on extractive industries making it susceptible to the resource curse and social.…

July 4, 2022

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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in Perspective

   Introduction During the lead up to the 21 May 2022 Australian Federal election, the Solomon Islands signed a security pact in late April with the People’s Republic of…

June 24, 2022

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U.S. Should FACE Facts in the Pacific

The United States needs an engagement policy with the Pacific Island Countries (PICs) that is Flexible, Appropriate, Coordinated and Effective ).…

June 5, 2022

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We Can Work It Out: Improving U.S. Pacific Engagement

Congress should pass, and the President should sign, legislation creating the permanent interagency working group on the Pacific. It would deliver immediate and effective…

May 26, 2022

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Basic Instincts – Thoughts on PRC Bases in the Pacific

Most people think of a base as having military personnel, a fence, a gate and a sign. Is this really a base? What is a?…

May 22, 2022

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Pacific leaders may be sceptical of US engagement

In an article originally appearing in the the East Asia Forum, CANZPS affiliate Jerry Finin and Emeritus Professor Terence Wesley-Smith voice concerns over the approach taken by…

April 21, 2022

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The Solomon Islands, China and the West: Contested Colonial Legacies

CANZPS affiliate Professor Saleem Ali argues for donor countries to help Solomon Islands strengthen its domestic.…

April 21, 2022