Opinion: Trump’s relations with the Blue Pacific
“The second Trump administration will find a region different from when last in office. Pacific Island countries have become more assertive diplomatically, in what some have referred to as the ‘new Pacific diplomacy.'”
“At the national level this was illustrated by Solomon Islands, Kiribati and Nauru’s decision to switch diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China despite pressure from Western countries, as well as the regional decision in 2022 to reject Beijing’s wide-ranging trade and security proposal, described by one observer as ‘an unequivocal display of not wanting to be used as pawns in a geopolitical contest.'”
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