This summer we were treated to a very special series here on Coming Anarchy: Oceania Day. Each week our guest bloggers the strategist and Phil Howison from Pacific Empire would school us on what is going on in the south pacific. We learned about the various regions, cultures, security issues and the activities of China in the region. The series started in mid-June and finished at the end of August.
I would like to thank sincerely, and heartily congratulate both of our special guest bloggers for a job well done. Their input has been very educational, and is well appreciated.
Finally, here is a list of all the posts made in the series:
- Dark Side of Paradise: Conflict in Melanesia by the strategist
- Oceania’s regions: Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia by phil
- Oceania: The “arc of instability”? and the “Africanization of the South Pacific”? by phil
- A Long Game: The Rise of China in Oceania by the strategist
- Transnational crime and street gangs in Oceania by phil
- Fanning the Embers: China and Instability in Oceania by the strategist
- The White Man’s Anger by the strategist
- Cursed by riches: Melanesian resource wars by phil
- The Fighter’s Guard: Australia and the ”˜Arc of Instability’ by the strategist
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COMMENTS / 4 COMMENTS
Phil (Pacific Empire) added these pithy words on 04 Sep 07 at 1:34 amThanks for the opportunity to make these guest posts, Younghusband. It’s been an honour to be featured on this site! Thanks also to Peter for his thoughtful and informative contributions. Hope to work with you guys again in the future.
Curzon added these pithy words on 04 Sep 07 at 8:18 amThanks for contributing—great stuff, and covered an area that is undercovered here at CA.
Michael added these pithy words on 06 Sep 07 at 1:19 amGood series; any chance it’ll come back someday? I’ve got a couple of sets of questions:
1. The rivalry between Australia and New Zealand SEEMS to be periferal to these issues; is it? To what extent do their interests in the region merge, and what have they done to cooperate on those shared interests?
2. Australia, New Zealand and China are the only outside powers to get much focus here. France was mentioned as running the colonies in Polynesia that are troubled; what did they do wrong (aside from nuclear testing), and what could they do better? Aside from not-so-benign neglect (the Marshall Islands come to mind), what role does the United States play in the region’s problems?Thank you
Rommel added these pithy words on 06 Sep 07 at 3:15 amI second that.
Thanks so much guys. I loved all the posts – they really piqued my interest in a region I knew so little about.
Bravo!
