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President Trump signed an executive order to boost the U.S. deep-sea mining industry for critical minerals. Supporters say ...
A Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson has confirmed New Zealand is not cutting its assistance to Kiribati.
Vanuatu, site of a major U.S. naval base in the Pacific War, was also a vital venue for China's "undercover infrastructures," ...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that seeks to jumpstart the mining of both U.S. and ...
China embeds its military ambitions within Pacific Island nations by developing dual-use infrastructure such as ports, ...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at boosting the deep-sea mining industry, marking his latest attempt ...
The president of Palau has pledged to maintain recognition of Taiwan, but warned that small countries needed to demonstrate ...
When Kiribati and Solomon Islands switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in the fall of 2019, it demonstrated China’s shift from economic partner to major strategic player in the Pacific ...
Apart from Fiji, other PICs that signed a shiprider agreement with the US include Cook Islands, the Federated States of ...
The US disengagement in the Pacific has coincided with provocative and unannounced live-fire drills by Chinese warships in ...
The George W. Bush administration launched MCC in 2004, and issues grants to countries it determines have potential for economic growth.
Trump's deep-sea mining order is likely to stipulate that the U.S. aims to exercise its rights to extract critical minerals ...