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Record Nr.

UNINA9910908995803321

Autore

Wallis Joanne

Titolo

Power and Influence in the Pacific Islands : Understanding Statecraftiness

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2024

©2025

ISBN

1-04-026138-8

1-003-49644-X

1-04-026139-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

McNeillHenrietta

RoseMichael

TidwellAlan

Disciplina

327.182/3

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgement -- 1. Understanding and analysing statecraft in the Pacific Islands -- 2. Pacific Islands' statecraft: Where relationships are more important than might and money -- 3. Scholarships as tools of statecraft -- 4. Reimagining economic tools of statecraft -- 5. Australia and the United States' defence diplomacy -- 6. The 'Blue Pacific' strategic narrative as a tool of Pacific statecraft -- 7. The United States' statecraft in the Pacific Islands -- 8. Australia's statecraft towards its 'Pacific family' -- 9. New Zealand's statecraft 'in and of the Pacific' -- 10. Asia in the Pacific: India, Indonesia, Japan, and Korea's statecraft in the Pacific Islands -- 11. European statecraft in the Pacific Islands -- 12. China's strategic narratives in the Pacific -- 13. How do Pacific Island countries respond to China's statecraft? -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyses how tools of statecraft are being deployed by a range of key partners and Pacific Island states with contributions by scholars from the United States, Australia, China, New Zealand, and across the Pacific Islands region. A vital resource for scholars and



practitioners in International Relations and diplomacy.