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