Opinion: U.S. Should Not Waver on Ties to Strategic Pacific Islands maritime-executive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from maritime-executive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Now is no time for the US to lose its focus on Pacific islands aspistrategist.org.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aspistrategist.org.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Albanese arrived a little over 24 hours after the Chinese foreign minister left, and couched his entire visit in terms of collaboration between Australia and its then colony in World War II.
Amid concerns about growing Chinese influence in the South Pacific, three U.S.-funded projects are in the works to refurbish a navy base built by American forces in Papua New Guinea during World War II.
The US is expanding a naval base in Papua New Guinea as part of its military buildup in the Asia Pacific that's being done to prepare for a future war with China, USNI News has reported. The US signed a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with Papua New Guinea last year…