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1 Securing a Peaceful Pacific EDITED BY John Henderson and CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY PRESS

2 CONTENTS Foreword by Don McKinnon Preface Acknowledgements xi xiii xiv SECTION ONE: Overview 1. Introduction ~ 3 John Henderson 2. Preventing Conflict: What Role for the Pacific Islands Forum? 13 Greg Urwin 3. Securing Peace: New Zealand's Role 20 Marian Hobbs 4. Pacific Security: A Micronesian Perspective 26 Robert Underwood 5. Conflict Prevention 33 Peter Wallensteen 6. New Zealand's Pacific Advantage 43 Fuimaono Les McCarthy SECTION TWO: Theory 7. New Modes of Security Management 53 David Hegarty 8. The Relevance of Theory, 62 Jacob Bercovitch 9. On Integrating Theory: Research and Practice 69 Daniel Druckman 10. Straddling the Theory/Practice Divide 76 Kevin Clements 11. Secessionist Wars as Enduring Internal Rivalries 83 Karl DeRouen Jr

3 SECTION THREE: Security 12. A New Era in Security Stewart Firth 13. Target Oceania? Eric Shibuya 14. Approaches to Terrorism Dell Higgie 15. Nuclear Issues, Terrorism and Pacific Security Tanya Ogilvie-White 16. Myths of Pacific Terrorism Jon Fraenkel SECTION FOUR: Intervention 17. Australia, New Zealand and Regional Intervention Derek McDougall 18. New Zealand and Australia: Contrasting Agendas? Chris Seed 19. Bringing Peace to Bougainville John Hayes SECTION FIVE: Regionalism 20. Regionalism and the Reduction of Conflict Ron Crocombe 21. Conflict: Is Regionalism the Answer? Gerald McGhie 22. The Pacific Islands Forum and Regional Security Sheryl Boxall 23. Regionalism and Prevention: EU and Pacific Perspectives Malakai Koloamatangi 24. A Pacific Conflict Transformation Network? Ema Golea Tagicakibau SECTION SIX: Military and Police 25. The Role of the Military Roger Mortlock 26. RAMSI 1. The New Zealand Experience Beth Greener-Barcham 2. The Role of the Police Tony McLeod

4 27. Policing Vulnerable States 223 David Baker 28. Will There be More Coups in Melanesia? 229 John Henderson and Paul Bellamy SECTION SEVEN: Politics and Governance 29. Good Governance, Human Rights and Conflict Resolution 239 Graham Hassall 30. Westminster in Oceania: A Samoan Perspective 245 Asofou Sob 31. Good Governance: Good for What? 252 Iati Iati 32. Good Governance and Human Rights 260 Michael Powles 33. Democracy and its Pacific Discontents 263 Jon Fraenkel SECTION EIGHT: Society 34. Ethnicity and Identity ^ 271 Teresia Teaiwa 35. Preventing Conflict: Ethnicity and Inequality 275 Ron May 36. The VSA Pacific Experience 281 Peter Swain 37. The Role of Women in Conflict Resolution 286 Ambalika Devi Kutty 38. The Media Effect 294 Jim Tully 39. Structuring a Peaceful Society: Reflections on Palau 298 Karen Nero 40. Custom, Crime and Restorative Justice in Vanuatu 310 Ted Hill 41. Community Approaches 1. The Role of NGOs and Civil Society. 316 Kate Dewes 2. Traditional Maori Reconciliation 317 Pauline Tangiora '

5 SECTION NINE: Environment 42. Environmental Security 321 Bert Jenkins 43. US Nuclear Testing in the Marshall Islands 330 Nancy Pollock 44. Environmental Damage and Socio-political Instability 336 Lawrence Kalinoe ^ SECTION TEN: Development 45. A New Development Paradigm 343 Sabina Brendel Lautensach 46. ANZACAid 1. The New Zealand Experience 349 Beverley Turnbull 2. The Australian Experience 352 Susan Moore SECTION ELEVEN: Fiji 47. Conflict Overview Institutionalised Conflict: A Nation Adrift 365 Tupeni Baba 49. Under-development and Conflict 370 Vijay Naidu 50. The Fiji Military: Politics, Culture and Leadership Talanoa: From Traditional to Modern Conflict Resolution 392 Unaisi Nabobo-Baba SECTION TWELVE: Solomon Islands 52. Conflict Overview Crowded Stage: Actors, Actions and Issues 408 Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka 54. Voices of Civil Society " 423 John Roughan 55. From Ignorance to Intervention: The Role of Australia 430 Judith Bennett 56. Digging Deeper: Resolving Conflict at a Community Level 442 Kabini Sanga

6 SECTION THIRTEEN: Papua New Guinea 57. Conflict Overview The Bougainville Conflict and its Resolution ^ 459 Ron May 59. Lessons from Bougainville 470 Roger Mortlock 60. Gun-running: From Arrows to Assault Weapons 475 Philip Alpers SECTION FOURTEEN: West Papua 61. Conflict Overview Understanding the Conflict 487 Peter Cozens 63. Expediency, Hypocrisy, Policy 492 Make Leadbeater,;? SECTION FIFTEEN: Conclusion 64. The Road Ahead 503 Vince McBride 65. The International Setting 505 John Henderson Abbreviations 511 Contributor Profiles 514 Index 525

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