Is the Pacific becoming a “fortress” instead of a true partner?
Right now, a rapid build-up of uncoordinated security frameworks is shaping the Blue Pacific. New legal structures risk locking in external military forces, access and conventional militarisation.
Shockingly, these frameworks remain completely silent on demilitarisation and nuclear non-proliferation.The big question isn’t whether the region needs security. It is who defines it, who controls it, and who actually bears the consequences.
With the proposed Blue Pacific Ocean of Peace Regional Security Treaty (BPOPRST) and Regional Operations Deployment Framework (RODF) now moving through regional processes, PANG argues that these proposals cannot be considered in isolation from the security institutions, bilateral treaties and deployment mechanisms already taking shape across the Pacific.
We need real political control and civic oversight before permanent international agreements are locked in. Our sovereignty is at stake. What do you think a true “Ocean of Peace” should look like?