A Blue Pacific Rules-Based Order: “Our Home, Our Rules”
For years, the US and its allies have framed the Pacific within the “Indo-Pacific” strategic construct – primarily aimed at maintaining US primacy and containing a rising and more ambitious China. While China has touted its support for a “rules-based international order”, it has sought to reshape that system to reflect its own interests and its aspirations for a multipolar world. Sione Tekiteki and Joel Nilon note in their blog for the
Development Policy Center that the Pacific has its own story to tell, rooted in its “lived realities” and its historical, cultural and oceanic identity. This is reflected in the Blue Pacific narrative – a vision that unites Pacific nations through shared values and long-term goals, encapsulated in the
2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent. Importantly, this rules-based approach is to be guided by Pacific values, ensuring that the region’s unique cultural, environmental and strategic interests are preserved for future generations.
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