Security & Future
Vol. 5 (2021), Issue 4, pg(s) 126-130

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

New Zealand and small pacific states towards US-China global contest

  • 1 Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration, Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland

Abstract

In the presented research, the theoretical basis is constructivism and critical geopolitics. In the face of the intensifying US-Chinese rivalry, the main theater of which is the Pacific, the question arises about New Zealand’s position of other small and micro states in the Pacific towards this rivalry. While trying to understand what policies are pursued by the states of this Pacific region in the face of the American-Chinese rivalry, a deep dichotomy and ambivalence of attitudes among small states were noticed. At the same time, it was indicated that it is cultural factors and language, mental and consciousness processes that have a profound impact on shaping the policy of states within the framework set by geopolitics.

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