In World War II, the United States built a western Pacific airfield here, another there, and more elsewhere, each intended to bring more Japanese targets into range. Now the abundance of old bases is becoming …
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Planet A Severe drought is affecting large areas of South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia, with some regions receiving near-record low levels of rainfall. Agricultural producers are incurring substantial financial costs to purchase feed …
Originally published on 14 March 2024. Getting caught up in geopolitical competition may seem uncomfortable enough for Pacific island countries. What’s making things worse is that outside powers’ struggle to influence them is weakening their …
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s visit last week to three independent Pacific island states was more important than it looked. The visited countries have diplomatic relations with Taipei instead of Beijing, and it’s deeply in the …
Actually, there were two presidential elections with geostrategic implications on 5 November. While the US elected Donald Trump again, the Western Pacific island state of Palau handed a second successive term to President Surangel Whipps …