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This article deals with the ongoing political changes in the South Pacific which are caused by Fiji's failure to act as political centre of the region. Fiji is occupied with the consolidation of its domestic politics. This resulted in vacuum into which other regional states try to enter. The Melanesian Spearhead Group was founded in March 1988 under the leadership of Papua New Guinea. At the same time another subregional community of common interests is being built under the leadership of the king of Tonga - the Polynesian Alliance. In Fiji the Conservative government of Prime Minister Mara was replaced by the Labour government under Bavadra which was in turn superseded by the coup d'etat of Lieutenant Colonel Rabuka - in April and May 1987. In December 1987 the military government under Rabuka was dissolved and Mara became Prime Minister again. One of the main targets of the new government is to bring Fiji back to her former role of leading power within the group of archipelago states and the framework of the South-Pacific Forum. A new "friend" of Fiji, France, offered 14 million Fiji-dollars as financial aid. This was directed against the old "friends" of Fiji, Australia and New Zealand, which both announced the resumption of their aid. The United States and Canada followed suit. The donor countries tried to prevent Fiji from taking aid from third countries, in particular the Soviet Union and Libya, whose influence in the region is not wanted by the traditional donor countries. Despite the progressing consolidation of Fiji its status quo ante as leading political power has not been regained. Crown prince for taking over the regional key function of Fiji is Papua New Guinea under it's young and active Prime Minister Paias Wingti. The Melanesian Spearhead Group fostered by Wingti has two aims: one is the forming of subregional, Melanese ethno-nationalism, the other aim is the furthering of Papua New Guinea as leading regional power because of its large population. Though there are, in diplomatic terms, ...

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Vertragliche Sicherheitsbindungen der ASEAN-Staaten. Multilaterale Sicherheitsabkommen zwischen diesen Staaten und außerregionalen Mächten. Bilaterale Sicherheitsabkommen einzelner ASEAN-Staaten mit außerregionalen Mächten. Sicherheitspolitische Kooperation zwischen ASEAN-Staaten und Rahmenbedingungen dieser Kooperation. Verhältnis dieser Staaten zu USA, UdSSR, China und Japan. (DÜI-Sen)