China-Solomon Islands security treaty

The diplomatic relationship between the Solomon Islands and China has had profound and far-reaching effects on the country’s development, economy, and political landscape.

Jeremiah Manele's visits to Australia and China highlight his pressing domestic challenges – and outside powers' longstanding policy failures toward the region.

Whatever window of opportunity the election presented for a change of course on the geopolitical front has closed. But Manele has an opportunity still to deflate regional tensions.

The four-time prime minister says he won’t contest for the top office, with the election results repudiating in part the geopolitical direction he’s led the Solomon islands.

An interview with journalist Edward Acton Cavanough on the domestic dynamics driving Solomon Islands to geopolitical prominence.

The nation’s pro-China foreign policy is on the ballot.

Chinese cash is reaping political rewards ahead of the Solomon Islands election as the West fails to walk the talk in its Pacific step-up.

Security cooperation with China and Australia is far from a zero-sum game.

As Honiara denies its new security pact with China poses a threat to the Pacific, it would behoove the West to consider what it is the Solomons want and need from their partners.

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is on his second trip to China – and his first since upending Pacific geopolitics with a China-Solomons security agreement.

The opposition politician has been removed by a parliamentary vote of no confidence in the Solomon Islands, resulting in protests and further accusations of Chinese interference.

The new pact comes amid a ramped up competition with China in the Pacific, following Beijing's own security deal with Solomon Islands.

The prime minister’s latest moves clarify his ultimate objective: augmenting and retaining power, which also stands to benefit Beijing.

In playing China off against Australia and other allies Sogavare is engaged in a fairly rational game of maximizing the number of resources Solomon Islands can secure.

The official announcement came after the U.S. reported a coast guard vessel was denied docking permission.

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.

Eighty years after the Guadalcanal Campaign, Solomon Islands has once again drawn U.S. strategic interest.

What do people of the Pacific Islands think about China’s plans for the region and the U.S. response?

After a whirlwind of visits and agreements, where does the Pacific region stand?

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.”

What is Beijing up to in the Southern Pacific?

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.

"We're very aware of what the Chinese government's ambitions are in the Pacific,” Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said.

Cooperation, competition, and contestation are at the heart of Australia’s engagement in the Indo-Pacific.