Category: Geopolitics

A major new study prepared for the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency offers an important reminder: the Western and Central Pacific Ocean remains the center of the global tuna industry. (Tuna Industry and Trade Dynamics and the Western and Central… read more Tuna Industry and Trade Dynamics

Implications for the Kingdom of BoralaniAnalysis • June 2026 The recent announcement by Solomon Islands newly elected Prime Minister Matthew Wale to review the 2022 security pact with China provides a clear window into China’s long-term geopolitical strategy in the… read more China’s Strategic Chess Game in the South Pacific

To someone arriving from North America or Europe, the South Pacific appears to be the far edge of the world. The flight is long. The ocean seems endless. Looking at a globe, one sees an enormous expanse of blue water… read more The South Pacific: The World’s Largest Forgotten Corner

The Pacific Ocean is a very large place. That observation may sound obvious, but it is sometimes forgotten in distant capitals where maps tend to place the region at the edge of the page. Yet the Pacific contains dozens of… read more Israel Has Long Maintained Relations with Pacific Countries

For many Pacific islanders, the ocean is not merely scenery or an economic resource. It is ancestry, food security, transportation, spirituality, and memory all woven together into one living system. That is why the growing push for deep-sea mining continues… read more Billions for Mining Firms, Pennies for the Pacific?

U.S. Senator John Kennedy announced that the Senate passed his Pacific Islands Forum Partnership Act to combat Communist China’s aggression in the Pacific Ocean.  The “Pacific Islands Forum Partnership Act” and similarly named bills are part of a broader bipartisan… read more U.S. Senate Passes the Pacific Islands Forum Partnership Act

In the old days, the Pacific islands were often treated by outside powers as little more than dots on a map — beautiful places to sail past, refuel at, or occasionally fight over during wartime. That era is over. Today… read more China, Tonga, and the Quiet Struggle for the Pacific

A recent article in The Diplomat argues that the United States is quietly damaging its relationships with Pacific island nations through inconsistency, delays, and fading engagement. In the Pacific, these things matter. Island countries survive on reliability. A delayed aid… read more How Washington Is Squandering Trust in the Pacific