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  • 19 Jan 2023
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Pacific Islands
    • China and the Pacific
    • Solomon Islands

    Weaving webs of statecraft in the Pacific Islands

    Joanne Wallis , Henrietta McNeill , Alan C. Tidwell , Czeslaw Tubilewicz
    Gaining influence in the region is about tools and techniques, not just the actors.
  • 31 Oct 2022
    • Pacific Islands
    • China and the Pacific

    China’s influence as a Pacific donor

    Denghua Zhang
    Beijing has taken steps to increase its influence in the island region at the same time as its aid levels decline.
  • 25 Jul 2022
    • New Caledonia
    • China and the Pacific
    • France

    The China factor in France’s growing engagement in the “peaceful sea”

    Denghua Zhang , Eric Frécon
    A step-up by Paris in the Indo-Pacific is evidence that it aims for a pragmatic third path in the region.
  • 8 Jun 2022
    • China and the Pacific
    • Solomon Islands

    China-Solomon Islands pact: Reading between the lines

    Catherine Wilson
    The new security deal highlights Beijing’s drive to strengthen its grasp on political favour and regional resources.
  • 22 Nov 2021
    • China and the Pacific

    Palau faces the dragon

    Shaun Cameron
    Beijing can make or break nations by rubber stamping them as approved destinations for Chinese tourism and investment.
  • 3 Aug 2020
    • China and the Pacific
    • South China Sea
    • Asean
    • China

    Brunei, ASEAN and the South China Sea

    Joshua Espeña , Anne Uy
    A long-silent claimant has spoken, but will it be heard?
  • 29 Jun 2020
    • China and the Pacific
    • China
    • Solomon Islands

    Solomon Islands gets a lesson in Chinese diplomacy

    Joseph D. Foukona
    Thanking Taiwan for aid during the Covid-19 pandemic clashes with the One China policy – at home and in Beijing.
  • 23 Oct 2019
    • Pacific Islands
    • China and the Pacific

    China, the Pacific, and the “debt trap” question

    Roland Rajah , Alexandre Dayant , Jonathan Pryke
    Charges of saddling Pacific countries in debt may be overstated, but China’s lending practices still pose risks.
  • 23 Sep 2019
    • Pacific Islands
    • China and the Pacific

    Solomons and Kiribati snub Taiwan for China – does it matter?

    Jonathan Pryke
    In shifting allegiances, two Pacific nations reaffirm China’s rising profile, but their own challenges remain the same.
  • 15 Feb 2019
    • Pacific Islands
    • China and the Pacific
    • China

    A rising China and the future of the “Blue Pacific”

    Dame Meg Taylor
    China’s growing economic and political strength globally brings both challenges and opportunities for the Pacific.
  • 2 Dec 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • China and the Pacific

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

    David Brewster
  • 12 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • China and the Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security

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

    Sam Bateman
  • 4 Nov 2015
    • Australian Perspective
    • China and the Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Defence Intelligence and Security

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

    Euan Graham
  • 29 Oct 2015
    • China and the Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • South China Sea
    • Regional relationships
    • US-China

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

    James Goldrick
  • 27 Oct 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security
    • China and the Pacific
    • South China Sea

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

    Euan Graham
  • 24 Nov 2014
    • Asia and Pacific
    • China and the Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Emerging Donors
    • Fiji

    Fiji grabs the limelight as leaders of China and India visit

  • 27 Oct 2014
    • China and the Pacific
    • Chinese Foreign Aid
    • Fiji

    Chinese aid in Fiji coming under new pressures

    Philippa Brant
  • 14 May 2014
    • China and the Pacific
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Emerging Donors

    Budget 2014: The end of an aid era?

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