A few weeks ago, commercial flights over the Tasman Sea — located between Australia and New Zealand — were forced to divert after they were warned by the Chinese navy that its warships were about to ...

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

To counter China, the U.S. State Department wants to make sure Indo-Pacific partners have reliable internet and access to “accurate” journalism.” “In every place where we have a presence and we are on ...

As a Pacific state with Pacific borders and an escalating rivalry with China, the U.S. must continue to partner with the Pacific Islands in new, innovative ways. The U.S. must adopt a clear-eyed ...

After four months of intense negotiations, the House and the Senate renewed funds for key security agreements with three Pacific Island allies that President Joe Biden recently signed into law. This ...

Kyler Schardein is the Intern for Global Governance at the Council on Foreign Relations. Since 2020, U.S. policymakers have identified securing twenty-year renewals on the Compacts of Free Association ...

Today’s geopolitical circumstance, defined by the rivalry between the United States and China, has redefined the dynamics of regional and global orders. This reality is palpable in the Pacific region, ...

China’s recent live-fire naval exercises in the Tasman Sea have alerted Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Island states of Beijing’s growing military power and its ability to deploy military ...

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.