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JoannaSiekiera
Emergingdebatesaroundhumansecurity,hencenotasolelystate-centric
approachanymore,climatechange,respectforhumanrights,genderequality
andtechnologicalracehappeninginthediscussedregiongatherexperts-both
practitionersandtheoreticians.Suchrisingchallengesdemandgreaterscopeof
expertiseandunderstandingoftheIndo-Pacificdilemmasandlocalknowledge.
The“SecurityinIndo-PacificanddevelopmentofOceania:Commonwealth’s
presenceintheregion”bookbringstogether15experts,enthusiastsofeither
theIndianOceanorthePacific,whopopularizesciencethroughthePolish-
basedassociation-Australia,NewZealand,OceaniaResearchAssociation
(ANZORA).Thisbookisanoutcomeofthe13thANZORAInternational
Conferencewhichtookplaceonthe10thofDecember2021attheWarsawSchool
ofEconomicsinPoland.Theauthorsrepresentinterdisciplinarybackgrounds:
politicalscience,law,history,anthropology,andsecuritystudies.Theycome
fromorrepresentPoland,Norway,Italy,China,Canada,India,Ireland,Portugal,
andtheUnitedStates.
TheIndo-Pacifichasbeenemergingforthelastdecadesthroughits
population,butnowitsgeopoliticalandsecurityrelevanceprovesthe
forecastsnamingthisregiontobecomeanewcentreofgravityforthewhole
world.Thisregionwillmostlikelybecomemorethanone-thirdoftheglobal
population,whiletwo-thirdsoftheglobalwealthwillbeconcentratedthere.
Thosereferencesclearlyshowthatstabilityorinstabilityofthetwooceansand
theirassociatedcountrieswillcreateasignificantimpactontheentireglobe.
Understandingthisregion,thefurthestfromEuropeinbothgeographicaland
culturalsenses,isthereforeessential.Theauthorsofthechapters,Britishand
Polishrepresentatives,aswellastheeditor,signedbelow,wishthisbookto
becomeusefulinafull-scalecomprehensionoftheIndo-Pacificregion.
Bergen,April2023
DrJoannaSiekiera