Before Fiji, only the US, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea had signed such security alliance agreements with Australia.
With the establishment of the aforementioned security alliance, Australia and Fiji have together formed a pair of power and influence over the balance of power and political security situation in the South Pacific region.
The security alliance between Australia and Fiji includes two pillars: the "Family Alliance" and the "Peaceful Ocean Alliance". The Peaceful Ocean Alliance has three main contents: mutual security commitment, ensuring climate security and disaster relief, ensuring domestic security and combating transnational crime. The Family Alliance covers the civil, economic and social aspects of this new alliance form between Australia and Fiji.
It is easy to see the most prominent and most weighty content as well as the strongest geopolitical impact is Australia and Fuji's commitment to support each other in case one of the two sides is threatened with security or attack - like the commitment between NATO members.
Such an alliance with Fiji is Australia's direct response in the South Pacific after recent security developments in the region. Before the agreement with Australia, Fiji also had other security cooperation agreements, but the new government in Fiji significantly narrowed the scope of validity of that agreement to shift to comprehensive security cooperation with Australia, helping Australia gain long-term strategic advantages and influence in the South Pacific region.
For both Australia and Fiji, such security alliances are the result of long-term strategic calculations, but also the result of a very timely and practical approach. Australia builds a model of cooperation and alliance on security based on regional partnerships in other fields to serve as a model for alliances or alliances with other island nations in the South Pacific region, forming a network of security alliances, building for Australia the advantage and nuclear position of regional forces and the main pillar for the common security structure in the region and external partners such as the US, UK or Japan or India only play a supporting role. Australia is aware that it must act quickly in this field to not be left behind by other parties.
For Fiji, comparing the benefits between distant brothers and close neighbors is just one motive for action. The more decisive motive is calculation in two other aspects.
First, Fiji has realized that not only Australia, but behind Australia there are also a number of other potential partners in terms of both military and technology, as well as economy and trade.
Second, Fiji advocates building a balanced relationship with partners, including Australia, because only then can it increase its position in Australia's policy as well as other parties, and at the same time have a voice for island nations in the region to respect. The new security alliance becomes an axis of power and influence in the region.
