Research on policing in the Pacific Islands draws from multipledisciplines, reflecting the multifaceted nature of policing in local contextsthat neither fit a Western model of statehood nor adopt an analyticposition from the global North. This chapter sets the scene for afocused, contextualised and interdisciplinary discussion of policing inPacific Islands countries and territories. It recognises the need to analysepolicing both within the broader context of the global dynamics ofpolicing, crime and (in)security, and within the specific, complex, anddiverse countries and territories of the region. The chapter outlines thestructure of the book and provides an overview of the chapters that follow.