US ‘smart power’ can win back the Pacific

Recent developments  indicate  a cozying-up associated with Solomon Islands’ commanders to Beijing. It has set off alarm bells in Canberra, Wellington and Washington, DC. World powers have got largely ignored the Solomons and other Pacific Island nations for many years, as they have concentrated their attention on Afghanistan, the Middle Eastern, North Korea and (more recently) Ukraine. This is […]

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