The Pacific Islands and global security challenges

Vaha, Milla and Powles, Anna (2025) The Pacific Islands and global security challenges. In: Security Cooperation in the Pacific Islands: Politics, Priorities, and Pathways of the Regional Security Patchwork. Routledge, London, pp. 61-75. ISBN 9781003613190

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Abstract

In this chapter, Milla Vaha and Anna Powles analyse how Pacific Island countries exercise agency in global security cooperation using a case study of peacekeeping operations. They pose several questions, including how Pacific Island peacekeepers provide legitimacy to regional interventions (particularly in their engagement with locals); the extent to which metropolitan powers may dominate regional peacekeeping interventions; and how the experiences of Pacific Island peacekeepers who have been on international peacekeeping missions are shared. Vaha and Powles also consider why Pacific Island countries participate in peacekeeping operations. Vaha and Powles conclude by examining the impact of Pacific contributions to global security cooperation on regional security cooperation.

Item Type:	Book Chapter
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions:	School of Law and Social Sciences (SoLaSS)
Depositing User:	Ms Shalni Sanjana
Date Deposited:	23 Mar 2025 22:36
Last Modified:	23 Mar 2025 22:36
URI:	https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/14876

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