{"id":9081,"date":"2022-05-02T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=9081"},"modified":"2023-08-06T14:07:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T04:07:12","slug":"fixing-australias-failing-pacific-step-up-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/fixing-australias-failing-pacific-step-up-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixing Australia\u2019s failing Pacific Step-up strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/peter-layton\/\">PETER LAYTON<\/a>\u00a0|   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Publicly,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dfat.gov.au\/geo\/pacific\/engagement\/stepping-up-australias-pacific-engagement\" target=\"_blank\">Australia\u2019s Pacific Step-up<\/a>&nbsp;aims to win friends and influence people. Behind this facade however, a core purpose is to make sure the Pacific Islands don\u2019t embrace China, just as Solomon Islands\u2019&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/the-interpreter\/sogavare-china-and-australia\">Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has done<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This clear failure may suggest abandoning the Step-up, but its troubles could be in its design and implementation, rather than its strategic logic. The way that countries pursue different strategies to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com.au\/Grand-Strategy-Peter-Layton\/dp\/0648279308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">achieve their desired aims<\/a>&nbsp;needs to be understood. Increasing spending alone is not enough. Australian foreign aid spending needs to be focused strategically where it can be most effective in achieving Australia\u2019s national objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia\u2019s Pacific Step-up objective is the relationship itself \u2013 not, say, some tangible outcome like a military base or trade improvement. Prime Minister Scott Morrison&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pm.gov.au\/media\/address-australia-and-pacific-new-chapter\" target=\"_blank\">sees this<\/a>&nbsp;as \u201ca relationship for its own sake\u201d. He declares that this enhanced relationship will \u201cgrow \u2026 our standing and influence in the Pacific\u201d. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade\u2019s&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dfat.gov.au\/geo\/pacific\/engagement\/stepping-up-australias-pacific-engagement\" target=\"_blank\">website emphasises<\/a>&nbsp;in bold font that: \u201cHow we engage is just as important as what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Please click here to read the full &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/the-interpreter\/fixing-australia-s-failing-pacific-step-strategy\">Fixing Australia\u2019s failing Pacific Step-up strategy<\/a>&#8221; article published at The Interpreter, written by<a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\"> Griffith Asia Institute<\/a> Visiting Fellow, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.griffith.edu.au\/asia-institute\/our-researchers\/visiting-fellow-dr-peter-layton\">Dr Peter Layton<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PETER LAYTON\u00a0| Publicly,&nbsp;Australia\u2019s Pacific Step-up&nbsp;aims to win friends and influence people. Behind this facade however, a core purpose is to make sure the Pacific Islands don\u2019t embrace China, just as Solomon Islands\u2019&nbsp;Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has done. 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