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Fears domestic Vanuatu politics could foil important security pact with Australia

Anxieties are growing in Canberra that a landmark security agreement between Australia and Vanuatu could stall in the Pacific nation's parliament.

ABC News · May 4, 2023

‘Very troubling’: Emails reveal US alarm over China-Solomons pact

Internal emails show US aid agency officials’ concerns over contentious security agreement.

Al Jazeera · Jun 21, 2022

China's presence in the Pacific is nothing new — Beijing has been developing in the region for decades

China's presence in the Pacific has been thrown into the spotlight following a controversial pact with Solomon Islands. But Beijing's involvement in the Pacific is nothing new.

ABC News · Jun 7, 2022