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The strategic geography of the Western Pacific is returning to the center of U.S. national security thinking. [1]

Leaders of Pacific Islands nations attend the opening session of the leaders’ plenary at the Pacific Islands Forum summit in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, on September 10, 2025. [2]

AFP A Chinese research vessel docked in the Cook Islands Saturday as it probed the Pacific nation’s deep-sea mining potential, a fledgling industry of mounting interest to both Beijing and Washington. [3]

Is nature adapting to climate change? Underwater coral reefs in the Pacific that were predicted to vanish by 2050 show 'historic increase' in climate resistance - Scientists warn climate change will wipe out coral worldwide by 2050 - A coral reef in ... [4]

Sun Lee In recent years, Australia has significantly recalibrated its foreign policy to focus on strengthening its presence and influence in the Pacific, a region that is becoming increasingly important in global geopolitics. [5]

TOKYO -- A Japanese financial technology company that helped create Cambodia's digital currency will build the Pacific island nation of Palau's gateway to the bond market, Nikkei has learned. [6]

SYDNEY -- On Tuesday, as Americans cast their ballots in the U.S. presidential election, voters 13,000 kilometers away in the small Pacific island nation of Palau will also head to the polls to elect their next leader. [7]

TOKYO -- The president of the Pacific island nation of Palau on Thursday called for help from the U.S., Japan and other allies over concerns about "uninvited" Chinese vessels entering its waters, as Washington and Beijing vie for regional influence. [8]

Sources
[1] TH thediplomat.com · 2026-02-24 · 75% match

Why Japan Must Help Counter China’s Presence in the Pacific

The strategic geography of the Western Pacific is returning to the center of U.S. national security thinking.

[2] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-09-10 · 75% match

Pacific Islands leaders kick off summit clouded by China tensions

Leaders of Pacific Islands nations attend the opening session of the leaders’ plenary at the Pacific Islands Forum summit in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, on September 10, 2025.

[3] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-11-09 · 75% match

Chinese ship scouts deep-ocean floor in South Pacific

AFP A Chinese research vessel docked in the Cook Islands Saturday as it probed the Pacific nation’s deep-sea mining potential, a fledgling industry of mounting interest to both Beijing and Washington.

[4] MM dailymail.co.uk · 2023-08-25 · 85% match

Is nature adapting to climate change? Underwater coral reefs in the Pacific that were predicted to vanish by 2050 show 'historic increase' in climate resistance

Is nature adapting to climate change? Underwater coral reefs in the Pacific that were predicted to vanish by 2050 show 'historic increase' in climate resistance - Scientists warn climate change will wipe out coral worldwide by 2050 - A coral reef in

[5] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-12-12 · 75% match

Australia seeks to block China with historic Nauru security treaty

Sun Lee In recent years, Australia has significantly recalibrated its foreign policy to focus on strengthening its presence and influence in the Pacific, a region that is becoming increasingly important in global geopolitics.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-07-14 · 75% match

Japan fintech tapped to build Palau's first bond issuance platform

TOKYO -- A Japanese financial technology company that helped create Cambodia's digital currency will build the Pacific island nation of Palau's gateway to the bond market, Nikkei has learned.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-11-05 · 75% match

Palau's close electoral race focused on domestic pressures

SYDNEY -- On Tuesday, as Americans cast their ballots in the U.S. presidential election, voters 13,000 kilometers away in the small Pacific island nation of Palau will also head to the polls to elect their next leader.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-06-15 · 75% match

Palau leader calls on U.S. for help over Chinese ships in its waters

TOKYO -- The president of the Pacific island nation of Palau on Thursday called for help from the U.S., Japan and other allies over concerns about "uninvited" Chinese vessels entering its waters, as Washington and Beijing vie for regional influence.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-10-28 · 75% match

Japan, US and Australia to finance undersea cable for Palau

TOKYO -- Japan, the U.S. and Australia will finance the connection of a submarine internet cable to the Pacific island nation of Palau, Nikkei has learned, in a project meant as a counterweight to China's growing economic influence in the region.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-07-03 · 75% match

Japan, US and Australia push back on China's South Pacific expansion

TOKYO -- A war of nerves involving Japan, the U.S., Australia and China is underway over island nations in the South Pacific Ocean such as Palau, Fiji and the Cook Islands, with attention focused on crucial sea lanes in the region.

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