The New Zealand ruling elite depicts itself as a benevolent colonial ruler defending the Cook Islands from the alleged ...

The U.S. cannot sustain its influence or meet its objectives in the Indo-Pacific with only hard power or material inducements ...

it likely does not need a new bespoke space tracking station in Kiribati. However, China has begun work on a potential military facility in the country. Beijing has announced plans to renovate a ...

Kiribati, a Pacific Ocean neighbor of Hawaii with a vast Exclusive Economic Zone of 3.6 million square kms (1.4 million square miles) has developed close ties to Beijing in recent years including ...

The South Pacific country of Cook Islands has unveiled the details of a deal with China to boost cooperation after the pact provoked a rare diplomatic clash with the nation’s chief benefactor, New ...

Some pacts — including those Beijing signed with Solomon Islands and Kiribati — have never been publicly shared. “The reason that this one has been public I think is for the optics of the ...

Tensions have risen since Kiribati aligned itself with China in 2019 and signed a series of bilateral deals with Beijing. The bond between Kiribati — population 120,000 — and its near neighbor ...

Analysis: Foreign Minister Winston Peters walked a tricky diplomatic line in Beijing this week when suggesting that a lack of notice about China's navy ship visit to the Tasman had been a failure in ...

Chinese influence will fill the void if the U.S. doesn’t support economic prosperity in the Marianas, Micronesia and the ...

Growing call for accountability marks this year’s International Women’s Day and the global intergovernmental UN meeting which is taking stock of promises made in Beijing Declaration 30 years ago.

New Zealand is facing its own ‘Solomon Islands moment’ over a shock deal between China and the Cook Islands that clears the way for Beijing to build critical infrastructure and a persistent presence ...