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Dec 2022
41m 41s

Chinese Statecraft in the Pacific Island...

Center For Strategic And International Studies
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This week, Mike and Jude sit down with Pete Connolly, a retired officer in the Australian Defence Force and Adjunct Fellow with the Asia Program at CSIS, to discuss Chinese statecraft in the Pacific Islands. They start by unpacking China’s strategic interests in Melanesia and the Pacific Islands more broadly, and what its involvement in the region means for ... Show More
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