Today the geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific region is dominated by the rise of new powers. The role of the United States, as the established political and military power in the region, is increasingly coming under challenge. But the United States itself was once a rising power in this region and the history of its rise may hold clues as to how the contemporary power transition might be managed through deft diplomacy.
The Chinese government’s interest in Oceania
bumped up another notch with the recent publication
of the book’s second edition. Blue Books are
made available to all government departments,
