Google Will Run Internet Cables To Pacific Islands
October 25th, 2023
Via Australia’s Financial Review, a report that Google signed a $102m Aussie-US deal to run internet cables to Pacific islands: Alphabet’s Google will run undersea cables powering internet access to at least eight Pacific island nations under a joint US-Australian deal set to be announced on Wednesday, according to a US official. The deal will […]
Read more »America Is Winning Against China in Oceania
June 2nd, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, analysis on why there may be less to Beijing’s security gains in the Pacific than meets the eye: April 20, 2022, was a dark day for the United States in Oceania. On that day, China signed its first-ever security agreement in the South Pacific, with the Solomon Islands authorizing Chinese navy […]
Read more »China boosts South Pacific influence with Solomon Islands port deal
April 14th, 2023
Via Channel News Asia, an article on a recent Chinese port deal in the Solomon Islands: A state-backed Chinese company has won a contract to develop a key Solomon Islands port, a major victory in Beijing’s quest to gain a strategic toe-hold in the South Pacific. Solomon Islands’ government on Tuesday (Mar 21) announced that […]
Read more »US Opens Embassy in Solomon Islands to Counter China
February 3rd, 2023
Via AP News, a report on U.S. efforts to re-engage Solomon Islands to counter China: The United States opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands on Thursday in its latest move to counter China’s push into the Pacific. The embassy in the capital, Honiara, is starting small, with a chargé d’affaires, a couple of State […]
Read more »Australia, China and the Judgment of the Solomons
December 6th, 2022
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at the geopolitical and economic importance of the Solomon Islands: If you wanted to nominate a country in the world with zero strategic significance, the Solomon Islands might sound like a good shout. An archipelago of almost 1,000 islands in the southern Pacific with a total population of […]
Read more »China Funds Solomon Islands’ Telecoms Deal After Signing Security Deal
August 19th, 2022
Courtesy of the Financial Times, a report on China’s investment into the Solomon Islands’ telecoms sector: China’s Huawei has signed a deal to build 161 telecoms towers across the Solomon Islands in a sign of strengthening ties between the Pacific nation and Beijing just months after they agreed a controversial security deal. China signed a security […]
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