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Australia-France Relations in the South Pacific in the 20th-21st Centuries

Vostok/Oriens '2013, №6

 
The paper examines the milestones of Australia-France geopolitical and economic rivalry in the South Pacific in the 20th and 21st centuries. By the late 1990s pacesetting Canberra and ambitious Paris had been fighting viciously over the spheres of interest in Oceania. Later, in the 2000s the interplay between Australia and France was based on their desire to run the monetary policy of the South Pacific. Finally, in the 2010s Australia and France reached a balance adjusted by the global financial crisis that had weakened the USA and strengthened China in the world in general and in Oceania in particular. Yet, the two South Pacific challengers were still eager to fall into love-and-hate relations whenever incited by their diplomatic maneuvers.

Keywords: international affairs, South Pacific, spheres of influence, Australia, France, Oceania, geopolitical interests, rivalry, economy

Pages: С. 62–71