Pacific Ocean

People-to-people interactions are longer and deeper than the pair’s state relations.

Government critics fear security pact consequences.

Foreign investment in climate adaptation in the Pacific Islands will be key to sustainable development and security in Asia.

An aggressive diplomatic strategy hasn’t produced many results.

But the Pacific Islands are loath to be pawns in a geopolitical game.

Here’s how Washington can fight back.

The newly contested region needs serious U.S. attention.

Naval power projection is a long way out for Beijing still.

And what they mean for geopolitics—and for the region’s island democracies.

China’s expansion into the South Pacific caught Australia and the United States off guard.

With Beijing and Moscow working so closely together, countries find it risky to support the West on Ukraine.

Why aren’t Beijing’s ambitions in the region obvious to Washington?

Few other issues better illustrate the messy trade-offs involved in climate policy.

China is building military bases all over the Pacific. U.S. access is hung up over decades-old nuclear tests.

Each has bipartisan support and could be taken in short order.

Tanzania, Cambodia, and the UAE are on China’s wish list—and now Kiribati, within striking distance of Hawaii.

Drinking more shiraz isn’t enough to counter Beijing.