The Pacific Agenda Summit was hosted by the U.S. Department of State, Indo-Pacific Command and East-West Center.

China’s Belt and Road Initiative is expanding into the Pacific through infrastructure projects and concessional loans, continuing a long history of flexible sovereignty influenced by external powers.

Earlier this month, the Cook Islands came under intense scrutiny when a sanctioned oil tanker was identified sailing under its flag while allegedly attempting to evade a U.S. naval blockade. Under the ...

For much of India’s modern foreign policy, the Pacific Islands have not been a central strategic focus. Shifts in global trade, connectivity, and regional competition are now elevating the region’s ...

Pacific island states enter 2026 facing an erosion of the post-war rules-based international order that long underpinned their sovereignty, as transactional geopolitics and hard power displace norms ...