China and the Pacific

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China's first overseas military base in Djibouti likely to be a taste of things to come

On 26 November, China confirmed it was in talks with Djibouti to construct its first overseas military base. This represents a major symbolic and practical step in China's emergence as a global military power. According to a Chinese spokesman, the new military 'support facilities' will provide

By David Brewster

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Chinese worldviews and China’s foreign policy

Four key narratives help explain the way that China acts in and interprets the world, providing a more nuanced guide to China’s aims and ambitions and helping to shape more effective responses to China

By Merriden Varrall

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Australia and the US: great allies but different agendas in the South China Sea

Several posts on The Interpreter have argued recently that Australia should join the US in conducting freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) in the South China Sea. This is not a good idea for several reasons, not least of all is how our involvement would be perceived in the region. The

By Sam Bateman

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Innocent passage: Did the US just fumble its South China Sea strategy?

The difference between freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) and warships transiting under 'innocent passage' sounds arcane and legalistic. But this wonkish distinction is now central to understanding the nature of the US Navy’s activities in the South China Sea last week and going

By Euan Graham

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Why Australia must send its navy to assert the freedom to operate in the South China Sea

After much internal debate and soul searching, the US has conducted its first 'Freedom of Navigation' operation in the South China Sea for several years. It will not be the last and we are fast approaching the point at which Australia needs to decide whether it will assert, with more than

By James Goldrick

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US launches FoNOPS in the South China Sea: Better late than never?

So, the much-heralded US freedom of navigation (FoN) operation in the South China Sea has finally seen daylight. The designated lead, the USS Lassen, is a guided missile destroyer which has already been patrolling the South China Sea in recent weeks. After leaving port in East Malaysia this

By Euan Graham

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South China Sea dispute: US challenge may fall into China trap

South China Sea dispute: US challenge may fall into China trap Euan Graham The Australian Financial Review 19 October 2015

By Euan Graham

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The perception gap: reading China's maritime objectives in Indo-Pacific Asia

In this Lowy Institute Report Nonresident Fellows Linda Jakobson and Rory Medcalf identify both the real differences in interests between China and other powers in the Indo-Pacific, but also the sharp divergences in perceptions regarding China’s maritime strategic objectives

By Linda Jakobson, Rory Medcalf

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Chinese aid in the Pacific

In this interactive Lowy Institute map, Philippa Brant illustrates China’s growing foreign aid program in the Pacific Islands region

By Philippa Brant

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The Geopolitics of Chinese Aid

The Geopolitics of Chinese aid: Mapping Beijing’s Funding in the Pacific Dr Philippa Brant Foreign Affairs 4 March 2015 Please click here for the online text

By Philippa Brant

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Fiji grabs the limelight as leaders of China and India visit

Jenny Hayward-Jones is Director of the Lowy Institute's Melanesia Program and Philippa Brant is a Research Associate at the Lowy Institute. Pacific Island leaders have had the rare opportunity to meet the international leader of the moment, Narendra Modi, and the president of the world's

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Chinese aid in Fiji coming under new pressures

I was in Fiji last week to get an update on Chinese assistance to the country, as part of a larger project I'm doing mapping Chinese aid activities in the Pacific islands, to be launched in early 2015. Navua Hospital, built with Chinese aid assistance, Fiji. (Author photo) Fiji is becoming

By Philippa Brant

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Chinese Assistance in the Pacific: Agency, Effectiveness and the Role of Pacific Island Governments

Chinese Assistance in the Pacific: Agency, Effectiveness and the Role of Pacific Island Governments Philippa Brant and Matthew Dornan Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Please click here for full online text

By Philippa Brant

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Budget 2014: The end of an aid era?

By Jenny Hayward-Jones, Director of the Lowy Institute's Melanesia Program, and Philippa Brant, a Lowy Institute research associate. The Abbott Government last night brought down the first annual aid budget since the integration of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and AusAID

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China's economic statecraft: turning wealth into power

China today is using economic statecraft more frequently, more assertively, and in more diverse fashion than ever before. Yet fears of Chinese economic coercion should not be overdrawn. In many cases, China’s use of economic statecraft has been counterproductive.

By James Reilly

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Charity begins at home

Lowy Institute Research Associate Dr Philippa Brant writes for Foreign Affairs about why China's foreign aid won't replace the West's. The full article is available here

By Philippa Brant

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Judicious ambition: international policy priorities for the new Australian Government

In this new Lowy Institute Analysis, a number of Lowy Institute experts outline what they believe should be some key international priorities for the new Australian Government.

By Michael Fullilove, Anthony Bubalo, Rory Medcalf, James Brown, Mike Callaghan, Linda Jakobson, Jenny Hayward-Jones, Philippa Brant, Khalid Koser

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China no rival in the battle for island influence

In an opinion piece in The Australian, Jenny Hayward-Jones writes that instead of speculating on the hidden intentions of China’s growing engagement with the Pacific Islands region, Canberra's priority should be to assist Pacific Island countries maximise the economic benefits of China'

By Jenny Hayward-Jones

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China's first overseas military base in Djibouti likely to be a taste of things to come

Chinese worldviews and China’s foreign policy

Australia and the US: great allies but different agendas in the South China Sea

Innocent passage: Did the US just fumble its South China Sea strategy?

Why Australia must send its navy to assert the freedom to operate in the South China Sea

US launches FoNOPS in the South China Sea: Better late than never?

South China Sea dispute: US challenge may fall into China trap

The perception gap: reading China's maritime objectives in Indo-Pacific Asia

Chinese aid in the Pacific

The Geopolitics of Chinese Aid

Fiji grabs the limelight as leaders of China and India visit

Chinese aid in Fiji coming under new pressures

Chinese Assistance in the Pacific: Agency, Effectiveness and the Role of Pacific Island Governments

Budget 2014: The end of an aid era?

China's economic statecraft: turning wealth into power

Charity begins at home

Judicious ambition: international policy priorities for the new Australian Government

China no rival in the battle for island influence

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