| ID | 165391 |
| Title Proper | Reassessing the 2003–17 Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Fraenkel, Jon |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The 2003–17 Australian and New Zealand-led Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) is widely considered to be a comparatively successful peacebuilding mission. Jon Fraenkel argues that a fuller assessment of RAMSI needs to consider the low intensity of the preceding conflict, and the way that conflict changed over 2001–03 in ways that encouraged a law and order focus. Within Oceania, RAMSI is usually seen as fairly successful in achieving its short-term security objectives, but less effective in reaching its more ambitious state-building goals, though without much attention to the reasons for that contrast. There has been little appreciation of the longer-run ramifications of the 2006–07 crisis in relations between Australian authorities and the Solomon Islands government. |
| `In' analytical Note | Rusi Journal Vol. 164, No.1; Jan 2019: p.52-61 |
| Journal Source | Rusi Journal Vol: 164 No 1 |
| Key Words | 2003–17 ; Regional Assistance ; Mission to Solomon Islands |