About this Event
19 February, 2025
11:00 am – 12:00 pm (U.S. ET)
2300 Clarendon Blvd | Arlington, VA | 22201
Courthouse Conference Room (2nd Floor)
The Project 2049 Institute is pleased to invite you to an event launching our latest publication, Evolving Partnerships: U.S. Alliances and the Pacific Islands, featuring a timely discussion on cooperation in development and security aid between the United States, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand in the Pacific Islands region.
Pacific Island countries have long attracted development and security assistance from these traditional partner states, but China is actively vying for predominant influence in the region. This trend poses challenges to the strategic interests of both partner states and Pacific Island countries.
The discussion will center around the role that development and security assistance in the region plays in serving the interests of the United States, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Island recipient countries. How can they maximize their respective benefits through cooperation? What does the future look like for development and security assistance in the Pacific Island countries? How can the United States, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand work together to coordinate this assistance? What challenges are posed by Chinese influence in the region? What are the best ways to counter it?
During this event, Project 2049 Institute Director of Programs Grace Price will present Project 2049's most recent report, outlining how coordination between these four partner countries can serve their interests and the interests of the Pacific Island countries, while preventing China from gaining a foothold in this strategically vital region. A round-table discussion will follow, in which select experts and scholars will engage with the paper's conclusions and recommendations. We hope you will join us for this exciting event on February 19 at 11:00 AM.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
2300 Clarendon Blvd, 2300 Clarendon Boulevard, Arlington, United States
