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\"In the past decade the Asia-Pacific region has become a focus of international politics and military strategies. Due to China's rising economic and military strength, North Korea's nuclear tests and missile launches, tense international disputes over small island groups in the seas around Asia, and the United States pivoting a majority of its military forces to the region, the islands of the western Pacific have increasingly become the center of global attention. While the Pacific is a current hotbed of geopolitical rivalry and intense militarization, the region is also something else: a homeland to the hundreds of millions of people that inhabit it. Based on a decade of research in the region, The Empires' Edge examines the tremendous damage the militarization of the Pacific has wrought on its people and environments. Furthermore, Davis details how contemporary social movements in this region are affecting global geopolitics by challenging the military use of Pacific islands and by developing a demilitarized view of security based on affinity, mutual aid, and international solidarity. Through an examination of 'sacrificed' islands from across the region--including Bikini Atoll, Okinawa, Hawai'i, and Guam--The Empires' Edge makes the case that the great political contest of the twenty-first century is not about which country gets hegemony in a global system but rather about the choice between perpetuating a system of international relations based on domination or pursuing a more egalitarian and cooperative future\"-- Provided by publisher.

In the past decade the Asia-Pacific region has become a focus of international politics and military strategies. Due to China's rising economic and military strength, North Korea's nuclear tests and missile launches, tense international disputes over small island groups in the seas around Asia, and the United States pivoting a majority of its military forces to the region, the islands of the western Pacific have increasingly become the center of global attention. While the Pacific is a current hotbed of geopolitical rivalry and intense militarization, the region is also something else: a homeland to the hundreds of millions of people that inhabit it. Based on a decade of research in the region,The Empires' Edgeexamines the tremendous damage the militarization of the Pacific has wrought on its people and environments. Furthermore, Davis details how contemporary social movements in this region are affecting global geopolitics by challenging the military use of Pacific islands and by developing a demilitarized view of security based on affinity, mutual aid, and international solidarity. Through an examination of \"sacrificed\" islands from across the region-including Bikini Atoll, Okinawa, Hawai'i, and Guam-The Empires' Edge makes the case that the great political contest of the twenty-first century is not about which country gets hegemony in a global system but rather about the choice between perpetuating a system of international relations based on domination or pursuing a more egalitarian and cooperative future.

This paper demonstrates the nexus of tourism demand and the migrants from small island developing states (SIDS) in the Pacific region using an econometric approach. Emigrants are an important element of island society. The tourism industry is crucial for many islands. Although the nexus of tourism and migration has been discussed in developed countries, especially in terms of Visiting Friend and Relatives tourism, this topic is more significant for (SIDS). A tourism demand model considers the regional differences of ten island states. The result shows that migrants generate tourism demand. This result, therefore, indicates that migrants should be considered one of the possibilities for generating tourism demand.

This paper focuses on Taiwan's aid to the Marshall Islands. Three types of Taiwanese aid are discussed: as part of the Marshall Islands trust fund, as part of the Marshall Islands governmental budget, and the Taiwan Technical Mission. While Taiwan's aid plays a role in upgrading agricultural and rural development, it is also embroiled in controversies such as mixed local empowerment and constraints by the Cold War legacy.

There is concern that Pacific Island economies dependent on remittances of migrants will endure foreign exchange shortages and falling living standards as remittance levels fall because of lower migration rates and the belief that migrants' willingness to remit declines over time. The empirical validity of the remittance-decay hypothesis has never been tested. From survey data on Tongan and Western Samoan migrants in Sydney, this paper estimates remittance functions using multivariate regression analysis. It is found that the remittance-decay hypothesis has no empirical validity, and migrants are motivated by factors other than altruistic family support, including asset accumulation and investment back home.

This article examines the migration of skilled health workers (SHWs) from two island regions. Although migration of SHWs is not new, current trends indicate a growing, and increasingly complex, global care chain, where migration from relatively poor island states, with significant health problems, to developed nations, with expanding needs, represents both an inverse care law and a continued brain drawin. Income differentials, poor working conditions, the presence of kin in other countries, and recent active recruitment, all contribute to rising migration. Increased problems for the delivery of health services in most island states have followed. Small island states are likely to continue losing their SHWs, without major changes in recruitment practices in the developed world. Consequently, and especially in the Caribbean, the response has been to develop a form of 'managed migration' and even to 'train for export' rather than seek to make incremental changes that would barely discourage emigration. Este artículo examina la emigración de los trabajadores del sector de la salud (SHWs) de dos regiones insulares. Aunque la emigración de SHWs no es nueva, las tendencias actuales indican un crecimiento en la cada vez más compleja cadena de salud mundial, donde la emigración de estados insulares relativamente pobres, con significativos problemas de salud, hacia países desarrollados con necesidades crecientes, representa tanto una ley reversible de salud, como un continuo drenaje de cerebros. Diferencia en los sueldos, condiciones de trabajo pobres, la presencia de familiares en otros países, y el reciente activo reclutamiento, todos contribuyen al aumento de la emigración. Esto ha traído como resultado, problemas crecientes para impartir los servicios de salud en la mayoría de los estados insulares. Es probable que los pequeños estados insulares continúen perdiendo sus SHWs, sin mayores cambios en las prácticas de reclutamiento en el mundo desarrollado. Consecuentemente, y especialmente en el Caribe, la respuesta ha sido desarrollar una forma de 'emigración manejada' y aún 'entrenar para exportar', en lugar de realizar cambios graduales que desanimen un poco la emigración. Le présent article examine la migration des professionnels de la santé à partir de deux régions insulaires. Bien que ce phénomène ne soit pas nouveau, les tendances actuelles indiquent qu'il y existe un réseau mondial de soins, de plus en plus grand et complexe, par laquelle l'exode des îles relativement pauvres, avec des problèmes de santé importants, vers les pays développés ayant des besoins de plus en plus grandissants, représente à la fois une loi inverse des soins et une fuite des cerveaux. Les différences de revenu, des conditions de travail déplorables, la présence de la famille dans d'autres pays ainsi que le recrutement actif récent — tous ces facteurs contribuent à la croissance de la migration. Ont suivi des problèmes accrus pour le service de la santé dans la plupart des îles. Les petits états insulaires continueront sans doute à perdre leurs effectifs du secteur de la santé si les pratiques actuelles de recrutement persistent dans le monde développé. Par conséquent, et surtout dans la Caraïbe, la réponse a été de développer une forme de «migration gérée» et de «former pour l'exode», plutôt que de faire des changements en vue de décourager la migration.

This study investigates the hopothesis that 'non-tradional' gender role attitudes and 'masculine' gender role traits or dating behaviors are associated with unsafe sexual behaviors such as having a high number of sexual partners, the non-use of condoms and the use of alcohol or drugs before or during intercourse.