Great Power Competition Requires Bilateral Engagement. Are Pacific Island Nations Ready?
by Martin Haffner Associate Editor The globalization of emerging US-China rivalry, combined with worldwide concern for rising sea levels, has ushered a period in which Pacific small island developing states (SIDS) can exercise a geopolitical relevance and influence that outweighs the importance typically ascribed to SIDS, which by definition are small and underdeveloped economically. However,…