Foreign Policy and Defence Research Fellow Tom Corben is quoted in this article for Agence France-Presse about the US efforts to re-engage in the South Pacific, where China has emerged as a rising diplomatic and military power. Referring to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's trip to Australia from Port Moresby, where the United States signed a defence agreement earlier this year, Tom says "It all fits into wider efforts to make US force posture in the Indo-Pacific more resilient by drastically increasing the number of locations the Chinese military have to consider."
Allies and partners28 July 2023
Blinken, Austin visit Australia on last leg of Pacific blitz
