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Australian Interventions And Occupations: Post-Cold War State-Building In The Global Empire, Charles Hawksley
Australian Interventions And Occupations: Post-Cold War State-Building In The Global Empire, Charles Hawksley
Charles M Hawksley
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Regionalism In The Pacific, Charles Hawksley, Edward Wolfers
Regionalism In The Pacific, Charles Hawksley, Edward Wolfers
Charles M Hawksley
While Europe demonstrates tendencies towards centralization of authority and coordination through the European Parliament and Commission and common policies, Pacific regionalism is more diverse and decentralized. With an estimated 700 governmental and non-governmental organizations in the Asia-Pacific region overall (Crocombe 2007: 13), it is clear that Pacific regionalism involves several combinations of actors in different type of formal and informal organizations with a variety of purposes. With its history of colonization, ongoing decolonization and the interplay of the interests of several regional and global powers, regionalism in the Pacific Islands is a rich tapestry of organizations that address issues of …
Drug Trafficking In The Pacific, Charles Hawksley
Drug Trafficking In The Pacific, Charles Hawksley
Charles M Hawksley
This case study examines the organized trafficking of drugs into the Pacific region. The Pacific is small in population but massive in area. Relative to the size of states, there are significanl movement of drugs in the region. The flow is generally from the developing to the developed world for heroin and cOCc1ine, but the ecstasy and amphetamine market is more mixed, with manufacture in Europe, South East Asia and Pacific Island states. Wilh over 5,000 vessels sailing through the region everyday, ssearching each shipping container is impossible. In Australia, for example, five ports offload containers, with Melbourne alone handling …