In the recent statement from the Quad leaders’ meeting in Tokyo, the Pacific islands feature prominently. Each of the Quad members of Australia, India, Japan and the US have their own unique track records and …
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The 24 May summit of leaders from Japan, the United States, Australia and India geared up the security focus of the Quad. The four nations significantly expanded their functional cooperation on security affairs, at sea …
Australia and the South Pacific need to talk. The immediate conversation is about the duelling trips to the islands by China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, and Australia’s new foreign minister, Penny Wong. Starting with Fiji, …
On 3 May last year, Canada and Japan signed a joint vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific. More recently, Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly and Defence Minister Anita Anand received mandate letters to develop a …
China is seeking a security, policing and communications cooperation deal with 10 Pacific island countries, according to documents seen by Reuters. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s whirlwind tour of the Pacific beginning today in Solomon …