Security cooperation in the Pacific Islands : politics, priorities, and pathways of the regional security patchwork / Edited by Joanne Wallis, Henrietta McNeill, James Batley, and Anna Powles.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Introduction: security cooperation in the Pacific Islands -- Part 1 Regional security cooperation -- 2 The role of the Pacific Islands Forum in regional security cooperation -- 3 The Boe Declaration: more than reconceptualising security -- 4 International organisations and security cooperation in the Pacific Islands -- 5 The Pacific Islands and global security challenges -- Part 2 Partner perspectives on security cooperation -- 6 The Australian perspective on security cooperation in the Pacific Islands -- 7 Security stakeholder and security partner: Aotearoa New Zealand’s approach to security cooperation in the Pacific Islands -- 8 United States security cooperation among the Pacific Islands -- 9 The Japanese perspective on Pacific security cooperation: Japan’s reemerging geopolitical turn -- 10 The French perspective on Pacific security cooperation -- 11 China’s security interest in the Pacific region: Chinese and Pacific perceptions --12 Security cooperation in Oceania: An Oceanic perspective -- Part 3 Thematic approaches to security cooperation -- 13 Human security in pandemic times: the case of regional cooperation and local responses -- 14 Health security cooperation in the Pacific Islands -- 15 Rifts in resilience: Pacific humanitarian response and security -- 16 Climate ‘securitising’ by the Pacific -- 17 Security cooperation and fisheries in the Pacific -- 18 Border security cooperation to combat transnational crime in the Pacific Islands -- 19 Security cooperation to combat corruption in the Pacific: A regional approach -- 20 Conclusion -- Index

"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, creating new 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 underdeveloped or underperforming areas 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"-- Provided by publisher.