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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With large ocean spaces and customary land tenures, UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Pacific region link culture and nature with people and communities through their unique values and management ...