Today we focus on why the Pacific Islands, a group of thousands of islands including Hawaii, which lie east of the Philippines and Australia, has become a region of huge geostrategic importance.
We discuss a new U.S.-Papua New Guinea defense pact that was signed to counterbalance China’s security partnership with the Solomon Islands, the increasing expansion of influence by the U.S. Coast Guard and Chinese good will missions in the region.
Our guests:
Tang Shao-cheng
- Professor at the National Chengchi University Institute of International Relations
Peifen Hsieh
- Democratic Progressive Party Spokesperson and Department of International Affairs Director
Howard Shen
- Kuomintang Youth League Deputy Leader
Cleo Paskal
- Non-Resident Senior Fellow With the Washington-Based Foundation for Defense of Democracies
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