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Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) and Fiji's prime minister Frank Bainimarama attend a joint press conference in Fiji's capital of Suva on May 30, 2022.

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The U.S. and the Balance of Power

China in Transition

Asia-Pacific: Among Great Powers

China, the U.S., and Australia will need to adapt their traditional engagement with the island nations to secure influence in the strategic maritime region.

The Pacific Islands Emerge as the Next Theater for Great Power Competition 

Security

2020 Second-Quarter Forecast

Centered on the western rim of the Pacific Ocean, the Asia-Pacific region includes the easternmost countries of continental Asia as well as the archipelagos that punctuate the coast. 

Asia-Pacific

<p>The Asia-Pacific is home to more people than any other region. Centered on the western rim of the Pacific Ocean, this region includes the easternmost countries of continental Asia as well as the archipelagos that punctuate the coast. Several of these countries, most notably China, experienced rapid economic growth in the second half of the 20th century, giving the region a new sense of global economic relevance that continues today. That relevance, however, depends largely on China, a power in transition whose rise is testing the network of U.S. alliances that have long dominated the region. How effectively Beijing manages its transition will shape the regional balance of power in the decades to come.</p>

2020 Annual Forecast

2019 Fourth-Quarter Forecast

2019 Third-Quarter Forecast

2019 Second-Quarter Forecast

Samoa

Kiribati

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As U.S. focus turns away from the Pacific islands, other powers are starting to pay attention.

Tracking U.S. Naval Power

Countries like the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau enjoy a close treaty relationship with the United States, but the strategically located states are now on China's radar too.

China Sets a Course for the U.S.'s Pacific Domain

2019 Annual Forecast

2018 Fourth-Quarter Forecast

2018 Second-Quarter Forecast

2018 Annual Forecast

2017 Fourth-Quarter Forecast

France

French President Emmanuel Macron denounced "new imperialism" in the Pacific region during a visit to Vanuatu, Euronews reported on July 27.

Pacific Islands: Flurry of Visits Highlights Region's Growing Strategic Importance

U.S.-China Relations

Guardian-class patrol boats worth $1.4 billion that Australia is gifting to several Pacific Island nations were found to have significant structural faults, The Straits Times reported July 1.

Australia: Naval Vessels Gifted to Pacific Islands Have Significant Faults

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An eruption of Tonga's Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai volcano and subsequent tsunami on Jan. 15 caused a failure in the island nation’s only underwater sea cable, which services its internet and telecommunications needs, The Conversation reported Jan. 17.

Tonga: Cable Failure Reveals Increasing Competition Between World Powers in Pacific

Tonga's prime minister has reversed an Aug. 16 call on neighbors to focus on regional countries' unsustainable levels of debt to China when they meet for the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum, ABC Radio Australia reported Aug. 20.

Tonga: Prime Minister Rescinds Call to Unite Against Chinese Debt

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After two weeks of negotiations, representatives of nearly 200 countries have approved the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit the extent of climate change in the coming decades, The Telegraph reported Dec. 12.

France: Delegates Approve Paris Climate Change Deal

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At the 22nd Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit at Yanqi Lake Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing will contribute $10 million and 1,500 apprenticeship positions to assist regional economic integration, SCMP reported Nov, 11.

China: Funding And Apprenticeships Bestowed On APEC

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan: Presidents Meet

Saudi Arabia: Saudis Held In Syrian Jails

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A view of the Register in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

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Covering an area that spans the entire width of the continent beginning at the Sahara Desert and ending at the southernmost tip of South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa is home to countless cultures, languages, religions, plants, animals and natural resources.

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Pacific Islands: Flurry of Visits Highlights Region's Growing Strategic Importance

Australia: Naval Vessels Gifted to Pacific Islands Have Significant Faults

Tonga: Cable Failure Reveals Increasing Competition Between World Powers in Pacific

Tonga: Prime Minister Rescinds Call to Unite Against Chinese Debt

France: Delegates Approve Paris Climate Change Deal

China: Funding And Apprenticeships Bestowed On APEC

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan: Presidents Meet

Saudi Arabia: Saudis Held In Syrian Jails

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