What is it about?
Social factors, such as identity and relationships with other states, dramatically influence how Australia and New Zealand perceive maritime security concerns. They share the same concerns as many other states in the regions, from the rise of China to small boat incursions, but their reactions to those concerns are clearly shaped by these social factors.
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Why is it important?
Most work on maritime security focuses on material issues or international law. This article is one of only a few that looks at the influence of ideational factors.
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What strikes me most about this research is how much policy is actually affected by these social factors. Australia's maritime defense budget would look very different if it changed its framing of some key issues in the region.
Maria Rost Rublee
Monash University
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This page is a summary of: Time to Worry, Mate? The Construction of Maritime Security Perceptions Down Under, Pacific Focus, December 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/pafo.12101.
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