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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">CALL FOR PAPERS</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">University of French Polynesia (UPF)</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">("Governance and Island Development" research</span><span lang="EN-US"> center</span><span lang="EN-GB">, alias "GDI")
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Asia Pacific network of the CNRS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Collective research project (2014-2016)</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Coveted Oceania</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">On September 14th and 15th, 2015, a first conference was held at the CNRS. Please find below its program. As expected, a second conference will be held in Papeete, in Tahiti, French Polynesia (on the UPF campus) on<b>
Thursday, November 24 in the afternoon, as well as on Friday 25, and Saturday 26, 2016.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">You are invited to send proposals for papers to both :
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> Sémir Al Wardi: </span><span lang="FR"><a href="mailto:semiralwardi@yahoo.fr"><span lang="EN-GB">semiralwardi@yahoo.fr</span></a></span>
<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">and Jean-Marc Regnault: </span><span lang="FR"><a href="mailto:regnaultjm@yahoo.fr"><span lang="EN-GB">regnaultjm@yahoo.fr</span></a></span>
<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">To guide your proposals, we remind you the goals of the research with a slightly modified version compared to the call of the 2015 conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Reminder of the objectives of the conference :</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">An article in the June 2005 edition of <i>
Le Monde Diplomatique</i> ( "An unknown unstable area: the Pacific Islands") concluded:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Will the Pacific islands find peace and prosperity without their way of life being disrupted by the intrusion of major powers? This is the main issue of this "other Pacific" that has too little to hold the attention
of the media, but that counts too much to be allowed to live its own life.</span></i><span lang="EN-GB">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Ten years later, this analysis not only remains valid, but is amplified by new economic, political and security stakes (such as the threat of terrorism). The global crisis also comes in Oceania and the major powers are
aware of their interest for certain resources. Oceania is not empty. It is not - or no longer - the
<i>"invisible continent"</i> of Le Clézio. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The major powers are positioning themselves in the global competition, but they also extend their regional rivalries in Oceania (e.g. China / Taiwan, China / United States).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Hillary Clinton's travels when she was Secretary of State confirmed that the Americans were attentive to the problems of Oceania (included in the great Pacific). Thus, in the Cook Islands, in late August 2012, during
the summit of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in which the United States was present for the first time, she said that the Pacific Ocean
<i>"is big enough for all of us"</i> while citing China, Japan and the European Union.
<i>"We</i> all have <i>a role and greatly contribute to the success of the region's security and prosperity"</i>, she added. This was a very diplomatic way to lay the groundwork to counteract other states.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">In the logical follow-up of the collective work already done (April 2008 Symposium of the Senate on New Caledonia, March 2011 Noumea symposium on "<i>Destinies of the overseas territories of Oceania")</i>, we intend to
contribute to the multidisciplinary research program around the theme of<b> coveted Oceania.</b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Economists, lawyers, political scientists, historians and anthropologists, geopolitical and geostrategic specialists are welcome.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Their research will be of particular interest to policymakers of the Pacific region and of the major powers that still have control, or not, over Pacific overseas territories, since its goal will be to develop a geopolitical
and geostrategic appraisal (with all possible facets) that has not been done since the work in 2001 of H. Knife-Bégarie, who died recently.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thus, the project addresses an intellectual need and a practical necessity (i.e., to make sense of current events in our Pacific area).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">At first glance, many researchers could think that the research focuses on Chinese aims. Those will of course have an important place in this 2016 conference, but the research will not neglect all other countries that
- in one way or another - are also interested in the resources that Oceania has to offer.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">This call for papers</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> offers interested researchers the possibility:
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<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-GB">to</span><span lang="EN-US"> enroll</span><span lang="EN-GB"> in one of the research components as described below (while taking into account the contributions of the previous conference);<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-GB">to provide feedback on the content and suggestions to improve this research;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-GB">to propose a presentation or/and an article (the two formulas can be combined)
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Following these two conferences, proceedings will be published. They will follow more or less the plan proposed below.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Collective research project (2014-2016)</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Coveted Oceania</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB">"Fiji no longer considers Australia and New Zealand as natural allies and protectors.</span></i><span lang="EN-GB">
<i>Now we look to the world (...) To the north and we are forging closer ties with China, India, Indonesia and Russia."</i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Foreign Minister of Fiji, late July 2013 <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Suggestions for research topics: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">1 / The weight of history and geography:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">A / Contacts: attraction, seduction and the
<i>Pacific Way</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="circle">
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level3 lfo2"><span lang="EN-GB">The strength of customs
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level3 lfo2"><span lang="EN-GB">New residents and ethnic mixing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level3 lfo2"><span lang="EN-GB">Colonial presences<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level3 lfo2"><span lang="EN-GB">Such powerful churches and syncretism
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level3 lfo2"><span lang="EN-GB">Social organizations and the Pacific vision of things
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">B / The historical impact of the twentieth century:
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<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="circle">
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level3 lfo3"><span lang="EN-GB">Asian and other Diasporas
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level3 lfo3"><span lang="EN-GB">World War II: the Pacific engagement, the war against Japan, and the new momentum of nationalism
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level3 lfo3"><span lang="EN-GB">The nuclear tests<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level3 lfo3"><span lang="EN-GB">New forms of colonialism
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">C / Is the sea an extension of the land or the opposite? (study of the Pacific perception of land and sea)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">2 / Australia, New Zealand and Oceania's micro States and island territories</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">A / Are Australians and New Zealanders Pacific Islanders ?
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<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="circle">
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l6 level3 lfo4"><span lang="EN-GB">Are these two countries able to dominate their "backyard"? See the case of Fiji
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l6 level3 lfo4"><span lang="EN-GB">Collaboration and rivalry between the two countries
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l6 level3 lfo4"><span lang="EN-GB">Collaboration and rivalry between these countries and the exogenous powers to Oceania<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">B / Strengths and weaknesses of micro States and island territories
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="circle">
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level3 lfo5"><span lang="EN-GB">Huge</span><span lang="EN-US"> EEZ</span><span lang="EN-US">
</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level3 lfo5"><span lang="EN-GB">A weight at the UN
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level3 lfo5"><span lang="EN-GB">The use of prerogatives of sovereignty<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level3 lfo5"><span lang="EN-GB">Climate, geology and disasters of all kinds
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level3 lfo5"><span lang="EN-GB">Instability, corruption and lack of
<i>"good</i><i> governance</i>" <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level3 lfo5"><span lang="EN-GB">Rivalries and civil wars
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">C / The lack of organisation of regional organizations
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="circle">
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level3 lfo6"><span lang="EN-GB">History of organizations
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level3 lfo6"><span lang="EN-GB">Critical analysis of organizations<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level3 lfo6"><span lang="EN-GB">A <i>Pacific Plan</i> or the art to see his impotence
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">3 / Expected and feared exogenous powers</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">
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<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="circle">
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level3 lfo7"><span lang="EN-GB">International and bilateral aid<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level3 lfo7"><span lang="EN-GB">Expected tourists, traders, investors<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level3 lfo7"><span lang="EN-GB">Coveted resources
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level3 lfo7"><span lang="EN-GB">The assault of American and Asian churches<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level3 lfo7"><span lang="EN-GB">The UN and the Oceania and sought-after votes of micro States<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level3 lfo7"><span lang="EN-GB">Forms of presence of exogenous powers<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">A breathless French presence ? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Europe that does not give up power. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">America and the two Pacific regions. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Asian rivalries in Oceania (China, Taiwan, Japan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam ...)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Russia and Oceania <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Conclusions:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Is Asia the future of Oceania? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">What will be the new economic, political and cultural shocks?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">How will Pacific Islanders (excluding Asian diasporas) absorb Asian lifestyles? What will remain of the European and American influence (or will those influences continue to prevail)?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Dr Chris Ballard</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> | Associate Dean (HDR), Masters of Asia-Pacific Studies (MAPS) Convenor, and
Co-chair ANU Pacific Institute | ANU College of Asia & the Pacific | HC Coombs Building #9, Room 4218 (2<sup>nd</sup> floor) | The Australian National University | Canberra ACT 0200 | Australia | CRICOS Provider #00120C | Tel: +61 2 6125 0305 |
</span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><a href="mailto:chris.ballard@anu.edu.au">chris.ballard@anu.edu.au</a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#111111;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> |
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