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Oceania

August 12, 2022
Australia, China, and the Language of Humiliation
By Grant Wyeth
When Australia defends mutually beneficial rules – or the status quo in Taiwan – China takes offense.

August 09, 2022
US Compacts of Free Association Are Key to Deterring a Taiwan Contingency
By Angela Smith
The current COFA renegotiation processes will have a huge impact on peace in the Pacific.

August 05, 2022
Australia’s China Strategy Under the Labor Party
By Patricio Giusto
Regardless of the government, Australia’s commitment to the Quad – and concerns about China – are here to stay.

August 02, 2022
Jacinda Ardern Strikes a Softer Tone on China
By Geoffrey Miller
Throughout a recent speech, New Zealand’s prime minister was mild with her criticism of China and optimistic about the health and future of the bilateral relationship.

August 01, 2022
Chinese Company Eyes Solomon Islands Deep-water Port
By Rod McGuirk
A Chinese delegation visited the plantation that covers most of Kolombangar Island in 2019, asking questions about the length of the wharf and depth of the water.

July 29, 2022
Are Australia and New Zealand Compromising on Democratic Ideals in the Pacific?
By Grant Wyeth
The best approach to safeguarding democracy in the region is for both countries to demonstrate the prosperity and human flourishing that can flow from good governance.

July 26, 2022
Micronesia’s First COVID-19 Outbreak Balloons, Causing Alarm
By Nick Perry
Micronesia has logged over 1,000 cases just a week since becoming the final nation in the world with a population of more than 100,000 to experience a COVID outbreak.

July 21, 2022
How Australia Can Help Sri Lanka
By Grant Wyeth
If the northeast Indian Ocean is of strategic interest to Australia, then the current economic and political crisis in Sri Lanka ought to be a pressing concern for Canberra.

July 19, 2022
Was China Behind Kiribati’s Withdrawal From the Pacific Islands Forum?
By Martin Kwan
The withdrawal makes no strategic sense for China, but Kiribati had its own reasons to exit the PIF.

July 14, 2022
Can the US Open a ‘New Chapter’ With the Pacific?
By Patricia O’Brien
A U.S. return to the Pacific could yield great benefit, but that return has to be done right, and it should start with an upscaling of America’s Pacific literacy.

July 13, 2022
The Politics Behind Who is Attending the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting
By Patricia O’Brien
Dialogue partners were disinvited from the PIF meeting this week as the organization wrestles with internal divisions. But U.S. Vice President Harris got to speak virtually to the forum anyway.

July 12, 2022
Queensland: A Political Conundrum
By Grant Wyeth
What explains Queensland's unique -- and divergent -- political choices at the state and federal levels?
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