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What to Know About Palau’s Election: Taiwan, China and Other Key Issues

Nov 14, 2024 | usip.org | Camilla Pohle

After Palau held its presidential election on November 5, incumbent President Surangel Whipps Jr. was announced as the winner this week. Palau — an archipelago of more than 300 islands to the east of the Philippines and southwest of Guam — is one of Taiwan’s few remaining diplomatic partners in the region and has seen an increasing U.S. military presence in recent years, making it a focal point for competition between the United States and China.
Kiribati’s President Wins Reelection: What Does it Mean for the U.S. and China?

Oct 30, 2024 | usip.org | Camilla Pohle

Kiribati President Taneti Maamau, reelected last week, will probably use his third term to continue strengthening ties with China. U.S. relations with Kiribati, however, remain less well established. Since last year, the number of U.S. embassies in the Pacific Islands has leapt from six to nine, reflecting the region’s higher priority to the United States as its concerns have grown about China’s engagement.
‘Not Welcome’: China’s ICBM Test Raised Alarms in the Pacific Islands - Tribune Content Agency

Oct 22, 2024 | tribunecontentagency.com | Camilla Pohle

In late September, China fired an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the Pacific Ocean between the northern islands of French Polynesia and the southern islands of Kiribati, highlighting its long-range nuclear capabilities and marking the first such test in more than 40 years. The U.S. response was relatively muted, with a Pentagon spokesperson saying that it was “a good thing” that Washington received prior notice of the launch.
‘Not Welcome’: China’s ICBM Test Raised Alarms in the Pacific Islands

Oct 22, 2024 | flipboard.com | Camilla Pohle

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‘Not Welcome’: China’s ICBM Test Raised Alarms in the Pacific Islands

Oct 21, 2024 | thediplomat.com | Camilla Pohle

In late September, China fired an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the Pacific Ocean between the northern islands of French Polynesia and the southern islands of Kiribati, highlighting its long-range nuclear capabilities and marking the first such test in more than 40 years. The U.S. response was relatively muted, with a Pentagon spokesperson saying that it was “a good thing” that Washington received prior notice of the launch.
Forget China: In the Pacific Islands, the US Is Its Own Worst Enemy

Oct 9, 2024 | thediplomat.com | Camilla Pohle

The region wants nuclear justice for the Marshall Islands. Washington’s refusal undermines its Pacific strategy. The United States is competing with China for influence and access in the Pacific Islands, a region that could play a crucial role in winning a war in Asia, much as it did during World War II. In September, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to strengthen ties with the region and counter Beijing.
Forget China: In the Pacific Islands, the US Is Its Own Worst Enemy - Tribune Content Agency

Oct 9, 2024 | tribunecontentagency.com | Camilla Pohle

But most leaders in Washington overlook the gravest impediment to U.S. foreign policy in the Pacific Islands. It’s not China’s strength, but the United States’ weakness: in particular, its failure to address the legacy of U.S. nuclear testing in the region. The region is watching. Pacific Island countries see U.S. treatment of the Marshall Islands as fundamentally unjust – not only in the past, but in the present – and it has severely damaged their perceptions of the United States.
At Pacific Islands Forum, Tensions Flare Over Taiwan, Geopolitics and Climate

Sep 5, 2024 | usip.org | Gordon Peake |Camilla Pohle |Andrew Scobell

Last week, the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) met in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga, to discuss the challenges affecting the region. The PIF is an intergovernmental organization with the purpose of enhancing cooperation among the countries and territories of Oceania, including Australia, New Zealand, 14 independent Pacific Island countries, and France’s territories of New Caledonia and French Polynesia.
Japan-Pacific Islands Summit: Contending with Nuclear and Colonial Legacies

Jul 25, 2024 | usip.org | Camilla Pohle

Last week, Pacific Island leaders flew to Tokyo for the Pacific Alliance Leaders Meeting (PALM), a summit between Japan and the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF). The meeting, which has occurred every three years since 1997, is designed to elevate Japan’s engagement with the forum and address common challenges, including climate change, fisheries and development. In recent years, it has also become a mechanism to counter China’s influence.
Explainer: What Caused the Recent Unrest in New Caledonia?

May 23, 2024 | usip.org | Camilla Pohle

Violence engulfed New Caledonia last week as the French National Assembly passed a constitutional amendment that will undermine the political representation of the Pacific territory’s Indigenous Kanak people. During days of unrest unprecedented since the 1980s, security forces and protesters clashed across the archipelago, leaving six dead and hundreds injured.