Jose Sousa-Santos
Biography
Publications
News and media
José Sousa-Santos is an Associate Professor (prac) and head of the Pacific Regional Security Hub, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury. His area of expertise and research is transnational crime, security, and non-state actors in the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia.
From transit hub to drug market: Criminal syndicates transform Pacific threats
Regional leaders have been slow to grasp the infiltration of Pacific security agencies by criminal organisations.
Solomon Islands: Invest in people and police before military
Australia and foreign partners should work with existing institutions. A new military capability could make matters worse.
The Pacific Islands become collateral damage on drug superhighway
Australia and New Zealand must address the fallout from an appetite for illicit drugs. The Pacific is relying on it.
Analyses
Drug trafficking in the Pacific Islands: The impact of transnational crime
The Pacific has become a lucrative drug corridor, driven by cartels, criminal organisations, and local gangs. Regional states and traditional partners must act rapidly and…
Working with China in the Pacific
Development partners, and Pacific nations themselves, need to be better coordinated.
Analyses
Principled engagement: Rebuilding defence ties with Fiji
In this Lowy Institute Analysis, Anna Powles and Jose Sousa-Santos argue that Russia’s sale of arms to Fiji underlines how the security orthodoxy in the Pacific Islands region is…
