{"id":6208,"date":"2019-08-10T08:30:13","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T22:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=6208"},"modified":"2023-08-08T08:30:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T22:30:11","slug":"morrisons-moment-of-truth-in-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/morrisons-moment-of-truth-in-the-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Morrison\u2019s moment of truth in the Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/wesley-morgan\/\">WESLEY MORGAN<\/a>  |  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Can Australia\u2019s prime minister convince the leaders of Pacific Island countries that he is serious about regional engagement when they are sceptical of Australia\u2019s record on climate change?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stepping up in the Pacific<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Canberra\u2019s renewed interest in the Pacific islands is clearly driven by anxieties about the growing influence of an increasingly powerful China. It is in this context that Australia\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fpwhitepaper.gov.au\/foreign-policy-white-paper\">2017 foreign policy white paper<\/a>&nbsp;indicated Australia would \u201cstep up\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fpwhitepaper.gov.au\/foreign-policy-white-paper\/chapter-seven-shared-agenda-security-and-prosperity\/stepping-our\">engage with the Pacific with greater intensity and ambition<\/a>.\u201d Since coming to power in 2018, Scott Morrison has made the Pacific step up his signature foreign policy initiative. He has traveled to Fiji, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands, and told island leaders he considers Pacific island countries to be \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/national\/politics\/scott-morrison-to-upgrade-australias-foreign-policy-aims-in-the-pacific-family\/news-story\/770682d3c37bac5bf034df6de368a2c4\">family<\/a>,\u201d indicating a level of personal investment in the political relationship with island states previously unheard of from an Australian prime minister. In large part, he appears to have been warmly embraced by his island colleagues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please click here to read the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.internationalaffairs.org.au\/australianoutlook\/morrisons-moment-of-truth-in-the-pacific\/\">&#8220;Morrison&#8217;s moment of truth in the Pacific&#8221;<\/a> article published at Australian Outlook, written by Griffith Asia Institute Adjunct Research Fellow, Dr Wesley Morgan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WESLEY MORGAN | Can Australia\u2019s prime minister convince the leaders of Pacific Island countries that he is serious about regional engagement when they are sceptical of Australia\u2019s record on climate change? 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