突如其来的新冠肺炎疫情给2020年的国际形势造成了空前冲击，同时也深刻影响了大洋洲地区的内外事务。澳大利亚国内的民粹主义积极呼应西方新保守主义、民粹主义思潮，其国内政治极速右倾化。澳方不顾自身面临的巨大经济发展压力，强势站队传统大国，对新兴大国的政治戒心不断高企。相比之下，新西兰举行大选，工党政府顺利实现连任，在国内事务诸如推动温室气体减排、应对新冠肺炎疫情等议题上表现得可圈可点。在国际事务上，工党政府保持对西方意识形态的集体认同立场，并奉行相对审慎的“贸易中立”原则，取得了与各方关系的平衡平缓发展。而对南太平洋岛国来说，气候变化与疫情冲击多重交织、经济停滞，治理问题进一步突出，地区内部合作遭遇困境。这一切都说明，随着全球化型构作用日益凸显，日趋加剧的全球性议题使得大洋洲地区不再可能偏安一隅，而是成为世界主要国家双边或多边关系的重要交点。大洋洲地区各国只有采取科学理性的态度与政策，通力合作，才能实现本地区的和谐发展。
The sudden outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic dramatically interrupted international affairs including all the issues in the Oceania. On one hand，Australian became more ring-wing trend politically as the consequences of the growing populism and new conservatism ideology. Despite the uneasy economic situation，the Morrison government steadily stand by the traditional great power，and turned a more rough position in facing the rising new powers by irritating speeches and policies. On the other hand，New Zealand sustained a more neutral and calm attitude to international affairs for keeping its intentional cooperation，especially in economics，although it still kept a typical western ideology. Attacked by both the pandemic and climate change issues，the small islands states faced serious challenge in both domestic governance and regional coordination. All the events showed that the Oceaniaregion can no longer remain isolated from the globalization world. Only multiple and reasonable framework of international cooperation can promise a stable development of the regional affairs and a benign role of the rising power is significant.
