In this session, the panellists will highlight vulnerabilities, opportunities, resilience of these smaller states, and understand their perceptions of the great powers.
2024 ANU CHINA IN THE WORLD FORUM
PANEL | GREAT POWER COMPETITION AND PACIFIC ISLANDS' RESPONSES
The Pacific region is now a new focus of the US-China geostrategic competition. The China-Solomon Islands Security Agreement has exemplified China's growing presence in the region and exacerbated the US' concerns about China's strategic intensions and influence. This session will discuss the great power competition in policy areas including aid, trade, security, climate change and other policy areas in the region. It will also explore responses from the Pacific Island states. Specifically, the panellists will highlight vulnerabilities, opportunities, resilience of these smaller states, and understand their perceptions of the great powers.
Light refreshments provided at 2:30pm. View the 2024 ANU China in the World Forum Program.
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Event Speakers
Dr Sarina Theys
Sarina Theys is a Lecturer in Diplomacy and International Affairs at the School of Law and Social Sciences at the University of the South Pacific. Her current research investigates how individuals and state actors in small and island countries develop and utilize material and ideational resources, including identities, to achieve their objectives.
