Framing Pacific Security: Pacific priorities in a more complex region

The Blue Pacific has become crowded and complex as external actors compete for influence.

Pacific peoples and countries employ the concept of security with distinct characteristics. This is reflected in the Boe Declaration and the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent, with their sophisticated blend of traditional and non-traditional security issues.  

These documents reflect longstanding Pacific outlooks and discourses on politics and security. This course supports participants to understand and explore Pacific outlooks on security. It examines the commonalities and differences between security, resilience and development – and their underlying principles and concepts.  

The course further considers how Pacific policymakers are leveraging the increased attention in the Blue Pacific and hedging against the risks it poses to shape and build resilience.