| Titre | Asian Impact on the Pacific Island States as the External Motivation for Regionalism | |
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| Auteur | Joanna Siekiera | |
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Revue | Outre terre |
| Numéro | no 58-59, 2020/1 The Pacific In The 'Asian Century' | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | 1-The challenges of the 'Asian Century' and relations with Asia: Oceanian perspectives |
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| Page | 127-141 | |
| Résumé anglais |
After the Second World War, the Pacific Rim powers started to penetrate Oceania
in order to maintain or develop their political and economic influences. The Asian
states had used the reluctance and fatigue of the Pacific island countries with the
American bilateral cooperation. The Asian tigers therefore introduced the new
politics directed to the Pacific region, called “the new regional order” being a
response to Washington's proposition entitled “the new world order”. Diplomatic
struggles between Japan, China and Russia in fact made the Pacific microstates to
look for cooperation inside their own region, with neighbours at the same level of
economic development, (post) colonial struggles and shared values. Since two
waves of decolonization in the Pacific, the newly established island states have
been constantly tempted by the Asian governments to collaborate with them.
Such humanitarian and financial aid is very often understood as the consent to
interfere in the Pacific islands' affairs and their natural resources. Hence, since the
turn of 20th and 21st century, Asian influence has become one of the most
important motivators for Pacific regionalisation. Establishment of most, not to say
all, the regional institutions and organizations were driven by the fear of external
imposition of law and policy. Source : Éditeur (via Cairn.info) |
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