{"id":2159,"date":"2016-05-23T11:58:44","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T01:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2016-06-14T11:58:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T01:58:00","slug":"public-diplomacy-in-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/public-diplomacy-in-the-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Public diplomacy in the Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the United States or any other Western country embraces a \u201cpivot to Asia\u201d as a central element of its foreign policy, it must be more than a \u201cpivot to China.\u201d Nations such as South Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam and others all keep a close eye on China, but they also know that they individually and especially collectively possess enough economic and political vitality to offset some of China\u2019s regional dominance.<\/p>\n<p>At a conference in Brisbane, Australia May 18-20, &#8220;Soft Power and Public Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific,&#8221; government officials and academics from an array of Pacific countries discussed ways that they might best use soft power \u2014 attraction rather than coercion \u2014 to advance their strategic interests. 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