Tag: Pacific
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Shiprider Agreements Making Headway
On February 23, a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) press release1 touted the successes of a shiprider patrol of Kiribati’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), as part of “Operation Blue…
March 6, 2024
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China-Taiwan Dollar Diplomacy Signals Worrying Futures Ahead for Nauru
On 15 January 2024, the Republic of Nauru severed its diplomatic ties with Taiwan, restoring relations with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The Nauruan government’s…
January 28, 2024
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Michael Walsh, CANZPS affiliate, offers his take on why Nauru’s recognition of the PRC destabilizes the Pacific
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January 21, 2024
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The Pacific Islands Health Care Initiative – Redefining US Diplomacy in the Pacific Islands as Bold, Benevolent and Innovative
There is no shortage of ways the US can build people to people exchanges with Pacific Island Countries. Health as diplomacy should be at the top of the.…
January 8, 2024
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Reimagining US Policymaking Architecture for the Pacific
The US presently does not have a nimble enough policymaking framework with which to respond in timely fashion to the needs, priorities, and expectations of the residents of the-…
June 26, 2023
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What’s Next for the United States in the Pacific Islands?
Today, the PRC finds itself in changed circumstances with the Pacific Island countries. How did this come about? What steps should the United States?…
May 1, 2023
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Pacific Island Hospitals: Improving Critical Infrastructure Resilience
Dr. Eileen Natuzzi will give the 2023 Southby Seminar. She will present her findings on climate change and the vulnerability of Pacific Island hospital.…
April 3, 2023
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US Development Preferences as seen by Solomon Islanders
What would be the most beneficial development program the US and other development partners could provide to the people of Solomon?…
March 2, 2023
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Statecraftiness: Weaving Webs of Statecraft in the Pacific Islands
Statecraft appears in many guises. Most are apparent, some are not. In this paper Joanne Wallis, Henrietta McNeill, Alan Tidwell, and Czeslaw Tubilewicz examine some of the…
January 4, 2023
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China-Solomon Islands Security Agreement and Competition for Influence in Oceania
The China-Solomon Islands security agreement alarms Western countries concerned about China’s growing influence in Oceania. While the agreement is unlikely to result in the…
December 8, 2022