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Indeed, several developments in 2022 suggest that Germany seeks to put more focus on this sub-region. The cabinet-approved progress report on the country’s Indo-Pacific policy in September 2022 clearly states that Germany – alongside existing priorities in the region – will place a “stronger focus on what is known as the Blue Continent and the Pacific island states,” promising to “tangibly step up its engagement.” [2] Other signs of growing interest in the region include Germany’s first-ever appointment of a special envoy for the Pacific Island states in July 2022, [3] and the country’s September 2022 decision to join the Partners in the Blue Pacific (PBP) initiative, launched three months earlier by Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United States (US) to coordinate their policies in this region more effectively. [4] The key issue yet to be settled is the scope and ambition of Germany’s engagement with the Pacific Islands. So far, Berlin has not committed any additional financial resources for cooperation, although deliberations on this issue are being held behind closed doors. To some extent, Germany may simply relabel existing policy engagements under its new policy focus. However, more resources seem to be in the cards, at least for certain projects. For example, the possibility of opening an embassy in Fiji is an idea floating around in the political establishment. Germany is also likely to push for a project focusing on the Pacific Islands in the context of Global Gateway, the EU’s global infrastructure initiative, although no specific ideas have emerged yet.

Despite German signals of increased attention to the Pacific Island states in 2022, below the surface, there is actually more uncertainty about Berlin’s approach than policy moves may suggest. For now, the special envoy to the Pacific Islands is only a one-year appointment, with the task of traveling around the region to identify issues where Germany could step up its engagement in a meaningful way. Furthermore, it remains to be seen how Berlin will contribute to the Partners in the Blue Pacific initiative, which is conceptualized as an inclusive and informal cooperation mechanism without particular obligations for members and thus low barriers for participation.

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