Statecraftiness - Investigating Influence in the Pacific

Defence storm clouds - Episode 8 - Season 1 Finale

May 9, 2023

41:44

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

Cooks Barracks in Vanuatu: 10 Years On

5min

The VPF and the VCF's Cooperation in Vanuatu

1min

Australia's Relationship With the Vanuatu Mobile Force

5min

Australia's Defence Cooperation With the Vanuatu Mobile Force

6min

The Importance of Defense Cooperation

3min

The Politics of Defense Reform

3min

The Problem With Security Forces

4min

The Importance of Understanding the Politics of Conflict

5min

10.

The Importance of Statecraft in the Pacific

6min

In the final episode of Joanne Wallis's quest, Gordon Peake asks photojournalist Ben Bohane to examine defence training as a tool of statecraft and how it's responding to the new geo-strategic climate. Reporting during a major cyclone in Vanuatu, they discuss how climate change is the biggest security issue and navigating geopolitical storm clouds that is defence cooperation.
Gordon speaks with Tokam Kalele - Retired Colonel from the Papua New Guinea Defence Force and Louis-Alexandre Berg - Assistant Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University. Lastly, Gordon recaps the first season with University of Adelaide Professor Joanne Wallis and they look ahead for Statecraftiness season 2.

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