Sarina Theys is a lecturer in Diplomacy and International Affairs at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji Islands. Her research focuses on the international relations, traditional and non-traditional security, and political power – in all its forms – of Pacific island states and small states. Her current project examines the ontological (in)security of Pacific island states and islanders in the context of sea-level rise.

RESI thematic areas: Environmental justice, International alliances