Publisher's Synopsis
Viewing international affairs in a South Pacific perspective, this handbook provides an introduction to, and reference on, the region. It also reports on the foreign policies of each newly independent island state, and it reviews regional and international organizations as arenas for conflict resolution, co-operation and contact with outside powers. Designed to facilitate quick retrieval of facts and figures, and for selective background reading, "The South Pacific Foreign Affairs Handbook" will provide officials, scholars, students, business people and others with a compact and reliable source of information.;It covers the objectives and activities of outsiders, the activities of key states and inter-governmental organizations, island governments' foreign policies and policy-making institutions in their historical and political context, private sector and voluntary organization activities in such sectors as trade, investment and aid, individual activities such as migration and investment. Introductory chapters provide an historical, political and economic overview, noting the assets and liabilities which each island government has inherited. The body of the book is a case-by-case review of endowments, institutions and issues in each of the states and self-governing territories.
