Solomon Islands: Institutional Security and Democratic Resilience
The 2022 Solomon Islands-China security agreement — and the documented admission by a senior official that the government did not have the institutional capacity to fully evaluate what it was signing — made the Solomon Islands the most studied case of island governance capacity failure in recent Pacific policy history. ISPI has published a practitioner-grounded analysis of this failure from an institutional security perspective. That research provides the foundation for the most consequential commission opportunity in ISPI's Pacific portfolio.
Where ISPI's research applies
ISPI's practitioner-led research addresses six specific public safety and security policy gaps documented in this location — gaps that continental frameworks were not designed to close.
Published research directly applicable to this location
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Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Australian DFAT Pacific programs, and Solomon Islands government agencies are invited to commission democratic resilience and institutional security research from ISPI.
Commissioned research from $4,500 · Policy briefs from $8,500 · Reduced rates for Pacific Island governments and small nonprofits
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