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

本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，调查联盟是如何运作的，以及为什么它们会持续存在。太平洋岛屿是澳大利亚-新西兰联盟关注的地区，也是战略和政策利益日益增长的地区。它打算建立一个微观层面的分析，分析个人的行为和信念对现有观念的影响。通过广泛的采访，报告希望增进对两国如何在共同努力维护其安全的同时，就方法和利益的分歧进行谈判的理解。该报告预计将准确地指出北约的优势和弱点，并有助于就北约应该如何运作展开更明智的政策辩论。

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.