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High time for the high seas: Q+A with Rebecca Hubbard
Analysis

High time for the high seas: Q+A with Rebecca Hubbard

Eurasia Group’s biodiversity and sustainability analyst María José Valverde sat down with Rebecca Hubbard, the director of the High Seas Alliance, to discuss the High Seas Treaty.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Kiribati's President and Foreign Minister Taneti Maamau meet after the Third China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Xiamen, China.
Analysis

Beijing’s Island Breeze: China makes a play for power in the Pacific

Last week, something highly unusual was spotted off the coast of Japan. In an unprecedented show of naval power, two Chinese aircraft carriers were seen cruising together near the country’s easternmost islands of Minamitori and Okinotori—far out into the Pacific Ocean.

Crowds at a rally for Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, the Law and Justice candidate, on May 29, 2025.
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: Polling day for Poland, China courts Pacific Islanders, Russia readies more troops

Poland holds the final round of its presidential election on Sunday, China offers funds to Pacific Island nations to speed up trade deals, and Russia readies troops at another portion of the Ukrainian border.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden poses with Federated States of Micronesia's President David Panuelo, Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape and other leaders from the U.S.- Pacific Island Country Summit (not pictured), at the White House in Washington, U.S. September 29, 2022.
What We're Watching

Biden piles on the charm in the South Pacific

Leaders of over 20 Pacific Island nations will arrive in Washington on Monday for a two-day US-Pacific Island Forum Summit, the second such gathering in two years.

From left to right, the flags of China, Papua New Guinea, and the US
News

The US-China fallout from Biden’s PNG no-show

The resource-rich yet dirt-poor Pacific nation is caught in the crosshairs of big-power competition.

Illustration of China and US flags arm-wrestling over Pacific islands.
Viewpoint

US-China competition expands to the Pacific Islands

This week, President Joe Biden is hosting the first-ever US-Pacific Island Country Summit in Washington, DC.

The Pacific rebellion scaring Washington
News

The Pacific rebellion scaring Washington

The US is scrambling to step up its diplomatic game with Pacific Island leaders.

What We’re Watching: Russia & Ukraine talk grain, US talks fish
Europe

What We’re Watching: Russia & Ukraine talk grain, US talks fish

Russia and Ukraine get granular, finally; US fishes for friends in the Pacific

China not seeking 'sphere of influence' in Pacific, Xi says
Asia

China not seeking 'sphere of influence' in Pacific, Xi says