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China in the Pacific Islands
It’s Game On in the Pacific
By Patricia O’Brien
Australia’s new government and the United States are both moving urgently to boost ties with Pacific Island countries as the scope of China’s ambition becomes clear.
China’s Foreign Minister Visits Kiribati, Where Fishing Ground Is at Stake
By Nick Perry
Kiribati made a rare exception to its pandemic border closure for Wang Yi and a Chinese delegation to visit.
China Wants 10 Pacific Nations to Sign a Major Cooperation Agreement
By Nick Perry
Micronesia’s president called the draft sent out by Beijing “the single most game-changing proposed agreement in the Pacific in any of our lifetimes.”
Chinese Ambassador Says China’s Rise Is No Threat to Australia
By Rod McGuirk
Beijing’s ambassador to Australia wrote a newspaper op-ed to try and assuage concerns over China’s new security pact with Solomon Islands – although he didn’t specifically mention the deal.
Australia’s Indo-Pacific Engagement: Fear, Honor, and Interests
By John Blaxland
Cooperation, competition, and contestation are at the heart of Australia’s engagement in the Indo-Pacific.
Australia’s Monroe Doctrine in the Age of the China-Solomon Islands Security Deal
By Patricia O’Brien
Old anxieties about Australia’s vulnerabilities remain relatively unchanged, but the new geopolitical order is fundamentally different.
The Geopolitical Aftershocks of the China-Solomon Islands Security Agreement
By Larissa Stünkel and Marc Lanteigne
The deal was likely China's response to AUKUS. Now Australia and the U.S. will consider how to respond, possibly intensifying the security competition in the Pacific.
The China-Solomon Islands Security Deal Changes Everything
By Patricia O’Brien
The security pact is set to ratchet up the strategic tensions both in the Solomon Islands and in the wider Indo-Pacific.
Solomon Islands Says It Will Not Allow China Military Base
By Nick Perry
A draft security deal raised alarm in Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is trying to assuage those concerns.
The Myth of ‘Spheres of Influence’ in the Pacific Region
By Sasha Davis
How a faulty geographical mindset is leading policymakers astray in the region.
Sydney Think Tank Says China Less Generous Toward Pacific
By Rod McGuirk
Chinese aid to the Pacific shrank by 31 percent in 2019 to $169 million, the Lowy Institute said.
The Northern Mariana Islands: US Territory, China-Dependent
By Yuan Zhi (Owen) Ou
The United States’ Pacific territories, like all the Pacific Islands, face a challenge to diversify their economies away from reliance on China.