By Gabriela Wurst
YCAPS and the East-West Center (EWC) in Washington recently collaborated to publish a collection of eleven briefs on Pacific maritime governance. Titled “Parter & Regional Perspectives on Pacific Maritime Governance”, the collection is published as an EWC Asia Pacific Bulletin series. It can be accessed here.
The Pacific has been increasingly marked by the growing engagement of Indo-Pacific and external states to the region. The series analyzes their objectives and seeks to clarify opportunities for maritime governance.
Three of the briefs examine specific issues-areas. The remaining eight analyze a regional or partner country’s goals and policies, resources they can contribute, and the challenges they face.
The collection is the result of a YCAPS workshop held on September 18th, 2024. During the workshop, the international team of experts presented their papers and commented on each other’s ideas, offering valuable insights and discussions. The papers were edited by John Bradford and Gabriela Wurst.
In addition to the authors of the papers, the project team included:
- John Bradford, YCAPS (Project Supervisor)
- Constantine Panayiotou, American Chamber of Commerce Fiji/YCAPS (Principal Investigator)
- Jenna Heavenrich Lindeke, Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow, Ocean Policy Research Institute (Project Advisor)
- Gabriela Wurst, YCAPS (Project Coordinator)
YCAPS is grateful for this collaboration with EWC. We also sincerely thank the team experts and team members.
The briefs composing the series are:
- Mutual Contradictions: Pacific Islands Cooperation for Maritime Security with Global Powers - Ms. Maima Koro, Pacific Research Fellow at Adelaide University
- Maritime Threats Across the Pacific Islands: Vulnerabilities and Opportunities for Cooperative Action and Technological Solutions - Dr. Transform Aqorau, Vice Chancellor of the Solomon Islands National University and iTUNA Intel CEO
- Legal Challenges in Maritime Governance Cooperation in the Pacific Islands Region - Mr. Daniel Mandell, Visiting Assistant Professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law
- Australia’s Contributions to Pacific Maritime Governance -Dr. Anthony Bergin, Strategic Analysis Australia Senior Fellow and Expert Associate at ANU National Security College
- US Contributions to Pacific Maritime Governance - Mr. Wade Jones, Pacific Islands Program Officer at US Institute of Peace
- Aotearoa New Zealand’s Contributions to Pacific Maritime Governance - Dr. Henrietta McNeill, Research Fellow at ANU's Coral Bell School of Asia-Pacific Affairs
- Japan’s Contributions to Maritime Governance in the Pacific - Dr. Yurika Ishii, Associate Professor at the National Defense Academy of Japan
- The People’s Republic of China’s Contributions to Maritime Governance in the Pacific - Mr. Brian Waidelich, Research Scientist with CNA's Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Program
- The United Kingdom’s Contributions to Pacific Maritime Governance - Dr. Scott Edwards, YCAPS Free and Open Indo-Pacific Fellow and lecturer at the University of Reading
- France’s Contributions to Pacific Maritime Governance - Ms. Céline Pajon, Head of Japan and Indo-Pacific Research at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)
- The Republic of Korea’s Contributions to Pacific Maritime Governance - Dr. Wooyeal Paik, Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Yonsei University