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But while there has been plenty of commentary too narrowly focussed on the impacts of geostrategic competition, domestic and regional politics is where the rubber has really hit the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The health impacts of COVID-19 remained minimal in many countries of the region, although that has changed in 2022. There are countries that have yet to have any recorded cases, whilst several others have had a small number of infections that were successfully contained at the border. But there have been serious outbreaks elsewhere \u2014 such as in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/coronavirus\/country\/fiji\">Fiji<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/french-polynesia\/\">French Polynesia<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/coronavirus\/country\/new-caledonia\">New Caledonia<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/coronavirus\/country\/papua-new-guinea\">Papua New Guinea<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Please click here to read the full &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastasiaforum.org\/2022\/02\/08\/pacific-resilience-tested-on-multiple-fronts\/\">Pacific resilience tested on multiple fronts<\/a>&#8221; article published at East Asia Forum, written by Griffith Asia Institute Adjunct and Pacific Hub Lead, Dr Tess Newton Cain.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TESS NEWTON CAIN\u00a0 |\u00a0 \u00a0 It was quite the year for the Pacific islands in 2021. 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