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Despite its rhetoric, the 'Partners in the Blue Pacific' initiative ignores regional processes of decision-making, say Fry, Kabutaulaka and Wesley-Smith.

Congress has a decision to make soon that will affect the nation’s ability to deter China and maintain the U.S. role in the Pacific. Without meaningful action to renew U.S. agreements with several Pacific Island nations, China will be positioned to gain greater leverage and influence across what was once an American lake. A year from now on Sept. 30, 2023, provisions within bilateral compact agreements binding the Republic of Palau, the Republic of Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of...

Without action to renew U.S. agreements with several Pacific Island nations, China will be positioned to gain greater leverage in the region.

Digicel is just one of a series of skirmishes in a new Cold War unfolding around Pacific infrastructure.

China's presence in the Pacific has taken new forms. What was once purely economic, is now much deeper. From small diplomatic measures to a doubling of trade, China's interests in Pacific Island nations have expanded in the past decade. Now, in a world of growing geopolitical instability and tension over Taiwan, China is in the [...] The post How China's presence has grown in the Pacific in the past decade appeared first on 360.

Hawaii, July 4: China’s presence in the Pacific has taken new forms. What was once purely economic, is now much deeper. From small diplomatic measures to a doubling of trade, China’s interests in Pacific Island nations have expanded in the past decade. Now, in a world of growing geopolitical instability and tension over Taiwan, China is in the position of being an enduring partner to the region. China’s former ambasador to the US recently pointed to Australia treating the Pacif...

Geostrategic competition between China and traditional powers is intensifying in the Pacific. A closer look at the proposed agreements will reveal much about China’s motives and can help explain Pacific Islands’ refusal to enter into the agreements.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has no challenge in his way to get another term as he has spent a decade eliminating opposition and factions within the Communist P

As U.S.-China competition in the region heats up, Pacific Island nations want to ensure engagement with both powers is on their own terms.