Saving the Solomons

A New Geopolitics in the 'Arc of Instability

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ID5877266
AuthorsJohn Connell (0000-0002-6450-2435)
Year2006
Volume44
Issue2
Pages111-122
Publication date2006-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeographical Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1745-5863 • E-ISSN: 1745-5871
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-5871.2006.00372.x
OpenAlexW2044086256
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited32

The recent crisis in the Solomon Islands is reviewed in the context of historical and regional antecedents. In the past two decades political and ethnic disputes have flared in several parts of Melanesia and nearby parts of the 'arc of instability'. Tensions and violence in the Solomon Islands, based on social, economic and political issues, exemplify regional development concerns. The collapse of the economy and civil order resulted in the Solomon Islands being characterised as a 'failed State'. Localised warfare brought external military intervention, with a regional assistance mission led by Australia, which paralleled other involvement in the region. Involvement has emphasised renewed Australian interest in the region, in the light of global geopolitical shifts, and a more controversial approach to regional security and development

Development economics · Economics · Economy · Ethnic group · Geography · Geopolitics · Political economy · Political instability · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

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