Contribution to Global Security (CGS)

The scattered position of the PICs with their wide EEZ has a weighty significance in regards to global security. The EEZ not only covers the ocean space and everything underneath, but also encompasses all the space above the surface of the ocean upwards into the sky. What spheres here could the PICs consider as contributions to the security of other nations?  

Considering the Pacific as the largest ocean in the world and that Oceania covers 1/3 of the face of the earth, the region’s contribution to international security cannot be underestimated. The Pacific has been proven to have a strategic geographical advantage that is being taken advantage of by major donor nations giving ODA. The active participation of the United States in the PICs is known to focus mainly on its dependent territories in Micronesia (western Pacific) and American Samoa (eastern Pacific). American military bases are common in the Pacific, which have been used for the testing of nuclear weapons by the US together with the UK and France and which currently are maintained as strategic positions. In addition, Japan dominated many countries in the region resulting in major battles during World War II. The same observation also applies to the strong presence of France in its dependent territories of Tahiti, New Caledonia, and Wallis & Futuna, which are all managed from the other side of the globe. The dominant influence in the region of Australia and New Zealand reveals that their foreign policy interests are based on threats depicted by this open space extending throughout the PICs.

How significant are the geographical location of PICs to the security of the international community? How can PICs reflect these contributions in their development strategies? These questions could lead to better understanding among PICs about their significant contributions towards global security. Further research and discussions on CGS would assist not only with negotiations, but also especially support the PICs in confidently expressing their moral obligation to Global Security through their regional architecture as contributions to enrich the world.

Possible spheres to re-articulate what Oceania can offer that the world needs: 

Enforce regional architecture through an united Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)

• Sea space - law of the sea

  1. Secured commercial ship routes

  2. Patrol boats for security purposes

• Sky space - commercial and security purposes

  1. air crafts, helicopters, rescue activities

  2. satellite facilities

• Strategic Locations

  1. Military bases, Monitoring System, Response for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR)

  2. Territories and Colonial Period Influences - USA, UK, France, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Japan …

• Fight against Terrorism

  1. United character of the Pacific - Our sea of Islands Philosophy

What are the spheres in the SDGs that Oceania could contribute from their CGS?

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