The misbegotten notion that the South Pacific is a US sphere of influence
The speed at which Washington officials rushed to the Solomon Islands after news of a Chinese security pact is all you need to know.
The speed at which Washington officials rushed to the Solomon Islands after news of a Chinese security pact is all you need to know.
But the training and military cooperation with other countries in the region is certainly picking up.
Many of the countries now lumped under this made-up rubric are wary of being drawn into a great power rivalry between the U.S. and China.
China’s primary focus is on the Asia–Pacific, but its leaders are nonetheless realizing that remaining aloof in the Middle East may not be sustainable.
A new approach requires recognition of the dangers of aggressive, ideologically driven policy centered on containing China.