Cleo Paskal

1 week ago | fdd.org | Cleo Paskal

The PRC has well-advanced plans for establishing influence that leads to control across much of the Pacific—plans that are essential if it is to achieve its other stated goals, such as taking Taiwan and pushing the United States out of the Pacific. Outside of the U.S. Freely Associated States, Washington has seemingly given the strategic lead in the Pacific Islands to Australia and New Zealand, though that may change with the second term of U.S. President Donald Trump.

1 week ago | fdd.org | Zachary Berman |Cleo Paskal

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1 week ago | fdd.org | Zachary Berman |Cleo Paskal

Cleo joins School of War to discuss China’s campaign for influence and control at the scene of America’s bloody island-hopping campaign in WWII.

2 weeks ago | fdd.org | Cleo Paskal

June 11, 2025 | UK House of Lords - International Relations and Defense Committee The Implications of the Transfer of Sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius

3 weeks ago | fdd.org | Reagan Easter |Cleo Paskal

The China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers’ Meeting took place in Xiamen, Fujian Province, China from May 28 to 29. All Pacific Island Countries (PICs) that don’t recognize Taiwan were in attendance. In a traditional Pacific Islands context, the highest-ranking attendee was the crown prince of the Kingdom of Tonga, who is also Tonga’s foreign minister. This was a strong symbol to the region that relations with China are acceptable.