On 6 and 7 June 2019, speakers from Australia, New Zealand and across the Pacific Islands convened a workshop to analyse the changing geopolitics of the Pacific Islands and their implications for both the region and Australia. The discussions revealed that Australians, New Zealanders and Pacific Islanders are concerned about the implications of the changing...

This report is written as a response to the proposed Australian Infrastructure Investment Fund for the Pacific (AIFFP), a $2 billion facility that intends to combine $500 million of aid grants with $1.5 million of loans to Pacific Island projects.

Shifts in global power and growing geostrategic competition in the Pacific Ocean have left Australia scurrying to shore-up its position as a trusted partner of Pacific Island nations and maintain its place as an influential player in the region.

The past 12 months have seen a veritable frenzy of diplomatic activity in the Pacific Ocean.

This paper argues that Chinese assertiveness and uncertainties about America’s role in Indo-Pacific Asia are causing middle powers to look for alternative approaches to regional security.