Pacific Partners? The Australia-New Zealand alliance in the Pacific Islands

该项目旨在通过对澳大利亚-新西兰在太平洋岛屿的联盟进行深入分析，调查联盟如何运作以及为什么它们能够持久，该地区是联盟的重点，也是战略和政策利益日益增长的地区。它旨在建立一个微观层面的分析，个人的行为和信念对现有的概念帐户的影响。通过广泛的采访，它希望进一步了解两国如何谈判在方法和利益方面的差异，同时共同努力维护其安全。它预计将查明联盟的优势和弱点，并有助于就联盟应如何运作进行更明智的政策辩论。

This project aims to investigate how alliances operate and why they endure using an in-depth analysis of the Australia-New Zealand alliance in the Pacific Islands, the region where the alliance has focused and in which there is growing strategic and policy interest. It intends to build a micro-level analysis of the influence of the behaviors and beliefs of individuals onto existing conceptual accounts. Informed by extensive interviews, it expects to advance understanding of how the two states negotiate differences in approaches and interests while working together to preserve their security. It anticipates pinpointing strengths and vulnerabilities in the alliance and contributing to a more informed policy debate about how it should operate.